"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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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

Thanks Jeff. The bit in the report in your link ....... ""The Short-haired
bumblebee is one of 27 bumblebee species native to the UK"" ..... 27
species!!......... explains my lack of knowledge on the subject. To me, and
no doubt to many others who would never admit it, a Bumble Bee is a Bumble
Bee!!

Mike

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