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Re: [OM] Un-Bee-Lievable!

Subject: Re: [OM] Un-Bee-Lievable!
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 12:05:56 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
>>      Right now every rain sage in the neighbourhood is in full bloom, as are
>> Mexican Bird of Paradise and Yellow Bells, and yet not a single solitary bee
>> is to be found.  Last year you could hear them from a short distance, but
>> now it's dead quiet all day long.
>>
>
>Our insects were very late in arriving this year.  In the past week, we 
>have had four types of butterflies, a few honeybees, and quite a few 
>carpenter bees.
>
>So far, I have not seen a true bumblebee this year.
>

     Our flowerings here diminish rapidly in May and don't pick up again until 
substantial monsoon rains arrive.  That happened early last week, and we should 
be able to just open a door or window and hear a low-level buzzing sound.  But, 
there's not a thing to be heard, at leaet not yet.


Chris
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