On Apr 21, 9:00*am, Way Back Jack wrote:
A regular bee. *Yep, it was an Eyetalian goombah honeybee singing O Sole
Mio while scarfing down nectar from a Russian olive tree. *This was the 1st
regular bee I've seen in years.

Ironically, there were no bumbles. *Normally, Russian olives are loaded
with bumbles. *Come to think of it, haven't seen many bumbles at all this
yr. *Maybe they're succumbing to the die back that has wasted the regular
bees.

Geez, I can remember when regular bees were ubiquitous, but that's another
story.

Yes, it is "another story". A story told by the unbridled,
insufficiently regulated GREED of agribusiness which slams massive
amounts of dangerous chemicals into the exhausted soil, pleading for
relief (OK, a little melodramatic, but only a little!) so as to put on
our tables food that has traveled up to 3000 miles to reach us. Food
containing just a soupcon of arsenic, lead, and a whole bunch of other
yummies. While the bought&sold whores in Congress take their payoffs
to avoid regulating and/or enforcing existing laws. And the FDA makes
feeble noises about doing its job (see above whores).

HB