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Just stepped out back and the coralvines are absolutely covered
in a
raucous riot of hundreds of honeybees!!!
Wherever they were hiding, I'm so relieved to see these guys.
They appear hungry.....

Coincidentally, I've seen no crickets around here (eastside Town
Lake) or
the rest of Town Lake.

Very good news. :-)

I'm just hoping the researcher that discovered the Asian parasites is
right and the commercial beekeepers can treat their hives. Then the wild
ones can re-populate.
Yes, very good news...

How do they treat?
Kinda hard to use pesticides on insects for insect parasites!

There still seems to be conflicting views from what I've googled, but
this is what I've found so far. Nosema ceranae is a single-celled protozoan.

Apr 25, 2007
http://forager.newsvine.com/_news/20...shing-honeybee
"... it has been suggested that he most effective control of Nosema
ceranae is the antibiotic fumagillin."

Jul 18, 2007
Asian parasite killing Western bees: scientist
http://www.reuters.com/article/envir...26459120070718
"Treatment for nosema ceranae is effective and cheap -- 1 euro ($1.4) a
hive twice a year"