On 29/05/2012 10:07, 'Mike' wrote:
Just heard on the radio that they are in 'short supply' and that some are
being introduced into the country????

We have dozens of them here and have had so for quite some time. Is it
because my wife is a 'flower gardener'? More interested in flowers than veg?
(In fact we have no veg this year)

Have you got Bumble Bees and where are you in the country? Is this a
zone/area thing?


I think you slightly misheard the radio announcement. It is the
short-haired bumblebee which has been reintroduced to this country. It
had been declared extinct, and has been absent of 24 years.
http://bumblebeeconservation.org/new...fter-24-years/

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Jeff