Re: More weather, and other stuff

Glad to hear that some are doing well...we are having enough trouble with
food without losing a major pollinator.  We used to have a number in my
neighborhood but for the past couple of years, I've only seen yellow
jackets and sweat bees.

Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
Remember:  The River Raisin, The Alamo, The Maine, Pearl Harbor, 9/11


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 5/4/2007 4:45:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] More weather, and other stuff
>
> Honeybees kept in artificial--that is, man made--hives have been 
> victims of various fungi, predators, and whatever, off and on since 
> whoever brought them here from Europe originally. Asked to guess, I 
> would venture that feral bees have a much greater chance of survival, 
> if only because the invasive little critters live in hives of their own 
> design and choosing once they escape the wicker baskets and wooden 
> boxes of husbandry.
>
> On May 4, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
>
> > They are honeybees. I have heard about the colony collapse disorder
> > (they are suspecting a particular fungus now), but these bees appear to
> > be pretty active. Haven't seen any dead ones yet.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Bonnie Holmes
> > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 11:51 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] More weather, and other stuff
> >
> > I'm surprised about the bees...are you sure they are bees and not 
> > yellow
> > jackets?  Bees have been dying in the US...many beekeepers have lost
> > most of their hives and no one knows the answer...referred to as the
> > AIDS of bees...they just disappear...no dead remains to help ID the
> > cause.  Maybe they have all migrated to your state?
> >
> > Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
> > Remember:  The River Raisin, The Alamo, The Maine, Pearl Harbor, 9/11
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 5/4/2007 2:20:13 PM
> >> Subject: [CHAT] More weather, and other stuff
> >>
> >> I guess we are back to Dirt Days - the forecast is calling for winds
> >> greater than 50mph today. It has been building up for a couple days
> >> now, I drove through the dirt clouds last night going home. I'm trying
> >
> >> to decide which is hardest on my spring garden - the howling winds or
> >> the 90F unseasonable temps we had last weekend. What a choice! At
> >> least with the high temps I could enjoy being outside even if the
> >> garden was cooking.
> >> When it was hot I was noticing all the bees. My spanish lavender was
> >> covered with them, I think every blossom had a bee on it, hundreds and
> >
> >> hundreds of them. Many more than I usually see. I don't know if we
> >> have more bees than usual or if I have more food for them than
> > anywhere else.
> >>
> >> On the plus side, I am now able to sit on the ground to weed, I still
> >> need my chair to help me get up again, but I can see normal movement
> >> will be possible before too long. Woohoo! I won't be riding for a
> >> while because we have some weekend commitments coming up, but I
> >> suppose that gives everything a chance to heal up really well before I
> > get on again.
> >> There's still ground squirrels in the garden, and way too many
> > rabbits.
> >> There is a small patch of grass out by the horse corrals, maybe 4 feet
> >
> >> square, it's where we toss the hose after filling horse troughs so it
> >> gets water splashed. I went out to feed the other night and there were
> >
> >> 5 rabbits munching away. They didn't even move till I got very close.
> >> Grrrr, I told husband he had better start taking the pellet gun with
> >> him. If they stopped with the grass all would be well but they are
> >> going after my pea plants (of course) and soon they'll notice the
> >> lettuce. I wish I could see them getting in, I keep plugging holes in
> >> the fence but they are amazing at finding new ones.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cyndi
> >>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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