"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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On 01/09/2012 12:10, 'Mike' wrote: or lack of. Even though the plums have
at long last ripened and some are
in a poor state, no wasps!!

My daughter has a prolific harvest on her plum tree too with fruit
dropping to the ground, again no wasps :-)

There are at most six plums on our neighbours tree which is usually
prolific enough to keep the entire village in plums at this time of year.
Some wasps, quite a few beehives have gone queenless and at last a handful
of butterflies to take advantage of the buddlea flowers but all in all it
has been a really tough year for insects.

It is so bad here that our Christmas forced hyacinths are back in flower
again thinking that they have already endured a winter!

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Regards,
Martin Brown


Where are you Martin? I'm in the Isle of Wight



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