On 2018-07-19 9:26 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:

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> Â* Any ideas why the bee shortage ? FWIW I seldom see honey bees on the
> squashes and other stuff in my garden and the hives are only a few feet
> away . I do see lots of other pollinators working the garden , carpenter
> bees and certain flies seem to most of that .


I have lots of bees around my place. I have a couple flower gardens,
flowering shrubs, and lots of clover in the lawn. Given all the reports
about the dropping bee population, I was surprised that there were so
many.