Way Back Jack wrote:
On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:53:13 -0600, spiritrising wrote:

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.

how about i send you a hive of bees from here, they only sting if you
get close, 10ft, and if your not allergic you won't even have to worry
about dieing! these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKUUziEgy1s they are
not scarce at all nor are the tame variety either!

How bout eating a pound of shit.

If there are bees that sting when you merely get within 10 ft., they are
Africanized honey bees. Those vicious *******s are not in this neck of the
woods ..... yet.

I'm talking about the European honey bee which has gotten scarce due to
biological and/or chemical agents. Don't you get any news on the rez?

Hell, I'm old enough to remember when Euro bees were all over the flowers
and clover grasses, even plantain. And this was in an urban jungle where
if you were lucky enough to have a lawn, it was the size of a postage
stamp.

we have never had a shortage of any kind of bee around here at all and
there are plenty of euro bees for sure, now how do you think they made
africanized honey bees? yeah using an euro bee, there is a rez down
here??? wow thats news, would rather hear about that than bees. i live
in a urban jungle my yard is the size of a postage stamp i think, and
bugs are plentiful including wandering spiders which can kill you. so
much for living in a city.