Sighting Honey Bees

Posted by NOSPAM2DAYJennifer Summers on July 13, 2004, 1:47 pm

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I spotted honey bees in the garden for the first time in several years. What a
welcoming sight.

jennifer summers

Posted by Ann on July 13, 2004, 8:23 pm

blondeanimation@aol.comNOSPAM2D (NOSPAM2DAYJennifer Summers)
expounded:

Yes, I've seen a resurgence this summer, too. Thank goodness!

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Posted by pixi on July 14, 2004, 6:52 am

Yes indeed. We have many more than we have had in recent year. Can
remember when the clover hummed with them.

Posted by Beecrofter on July 14, 2004, 4:38 pm

blondeanimation@aol.comNOSPAM2D (NOSPAM2DAYJennifer Summers) wrote in message

Trust me they are not wild.
Someone within a mile or two is keeping managed colonies.
The mites are endemic coast to coast and feral colonies last barely
one winter, if that.

Posted by William Wagner on July 14, 2004, 5:20 pm

bamboo@localnet.com (Beecrofter) wrote:

I guess we can only hope that those independent bee's break out into an
environment where those mite's have killed off the food supply.

Wishful thinking from someone who made the mistake to swat a honeybee on
the back of his neck years ago.

William(Bill)

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