Re: Perennials-Swallowtail (3rd times a charm)

In a message dated 7/17/2003 9:59:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
marolsh@ptd.net writes:

> I've also noticed a substantial drop in the numbers of bumblebees in my
> area. Lamb's Ear and Rhododendron maximum are in bloom now and are usually
> bee magnets, but there are very few to be seen. Could it have been the hard
> winter? Are populations likely to rebound?
> 

I have an 8-10' vitex growing next to some old-fashioned hollyhocks. The 
bumblebees are all over both of them. Toward the end of the day, you can find a 
bumblebee asleep inside a hollyhock bloom, or dangling from a vitex flower. 
Maybe all your bumblebees have come to my place?

The honey bees are also very prevalent on my clover crop, which I refer to as 
"the lawn."
Bill Lee
Z6a Cincinnati

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