In article ,
(simy1) wrote:

Phaedrine Stonebridge wrote in message
...
Well my zucchini have a gazillion blooms but I have had only one
zucchini so far! I have never had this happen before and have not
really had pollination problems before. But could this be the problem?
We are growing Raven F1 and Clarinette Lebanese. Honestly, i'd have had
more to eat from these plants if I had stir-fried the blossoms. The
plants look very helathy otherwise. Missouri Z 5b

Many varieties make male flowers for 3 weeks before going into
production. Zucchini blossom omelette with steamed chard and new
potatoes on the side means July at my place.


Oh yum does that sound good! Thanks to you and Frank for the responses.
I had no idea and have been vegetable gardening for years, though not
for 97-2001 and we did not plant squassh last year, the first year of
the present garden. No doubt the honeybee crisis has had an impact.

And speaking of honeybees, I saw my first three in the wild (unless
there is a nearby beekeeper) the other day on my cleomes--- unless there
is another striped bee. They were a bit aggressive and the weather was
nice. I guess I have become used to bumbling bumblebees. ::having a
tangential attack:: And speaking of bumblebees, there is one of them
who flits over to the hummer feeder each morning when I take it out,
perching himself over one of the "flowers" and completely ignoring me as
I hang up the feeder.

I have been trying to find out what is the latest news in the honeybee
situation but it seems that every related website is dated '96 or '97.
Go figure.

Chatty "Cathy" signing off now.

"Phaedrine Stonebridge" wrote in message

And speaking of honeybees, I saw my first three in the wild (unless
there is a nearby beekeeper) the other day on my cleomes--- unless there
is another striped bee. They were a bit aggressive and the weather was
nice. I guess I have become used to bumbling bumblebees. ::having a
tangential attack:: And speaking of bumblebees, there is one of them
who flits over to the hummer feeder each morning when I take it out,
perching himself over one of the "flowers" and completely ignoring me as
I hang up the feeder.

I have been trying to find out what is the latest news in the honeybee
situation but it seems that every related website is dated '96 or '97.
Go figure.

Chatty "Cathy" signing off now.

Cathy, where do you garden? The reason I ask, is because, here in eastern
Va. USA, I have seen very few honeybees, since 1997. At first those who know
were saying that it was a long cold spring, but later it was discovered that
it was mites. Now they are rarer than hens teeth, but this year, I have seen
more.

In article %hiVa.47544$AD3.41023@lakeread04, "len"
wrote:

"Phaedrine Stonebridge" wrote in message

And speaking of honeybees, I saw my first three in the wild (unless
there is a nearby beekeeper) the other day on my cleomes--- unless there
is another striped bee. They were a bit aggressive and the weather was
nice. I guess I have become used to bumbling bumblebees. ::having a
tangential attack:: And speaking of bumblebees, there is one of them
who flits over to the hummer feeder each morning when I take it out,
perching himself over one of the "flowers" and completely ignoring me as
I hang up the feeder.

I have been trying to find out what is the latest news in the honeybee
situation but it seems that every related website is dated '96 or '97.
Go figure.

Chatty "Cathy" signing off now.

Cathy, where do you garden? The reason I ask, is because, here in eastern
Va. USA, I have seen very few honeybees, since 1997. At first those who know
were saying that it was a long cold spring, but later it was discovered that
it was mites. Now they are rarer than hens teeth, but this year, I have seen
more.



I know! Here in eastern Missouri, they have been practically
non-existent aside from beekeeper hives since like 96-97. So we were so
surprised to see them. We have seem them every day for the last week.
What a pleasant sight

"Phaedrine Stonebridge" wrote in message

And speaking of honeybees, I saw my first three in the wild (unless
there is a nearby beekeeper) the other day on my cleomes--- unless
there
is another striped bee. They were a bit aggressive and the weather
was
nice. I guess I have become used to bumbling bumblebees. ::having
a
tangential attack:: And speaking of bumblebees, there is one of
them
who flits over to the hummer feeder each morning when I take it out,
perching himself over one of the "flowers" and completely ignoring me
as
I hang up the feeder.

I have been trying to find out what is the latest news in the honeybee
situation but it seems that every related website is dated '96 or '97.
Go figure.

Chatty "Cathy" signing off now.

Cathy, where do you garden? The reason I ask, is because, here in
eastern
Va. USA, I have seen very few honeybees, since 1997. At first those who
know
were saying that it was a long cold spring, but later it was discovered
that
it was mites. Now they are rarer than hens teeth, but this year, I have
seen
more.



I know! Here in eastern Missouri, they have been practically
non-existent aside from beekeeper hives since like 96-97. So we were so
surprised to see them. We have seem them every day for the last week.
What a pleasant sight
Being we are in about the same climate, in the same country, Let's pray
they Africanized. Len

Excuse me, I meant, Lets pray they are not Africanized bees. Len

In article 8RCVa.47964$AD3.25157@lakeread04, "len"
wrote:

Excuse me, I meant, Lets pray they are not Africanized bees. Len



LOL I was wondering there for a minute. And, you know, when I first saw
them and noticed that one was rather aggressive, I had precisely the
same thought!

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:07:56 -0500, Phaedrine Stonebridge
wrote:

one was rather aggressive
3000 aggressive would be the best indicator. BTW they have helped
Brazil produce lots of great honey and improve their world ranking in
honey production. We live with them here, it seems more noise and fear
than threat....

I know! Here in eastern Missouri, they have been practically
non-existent aside from beekeeper hives since like 96-97. So we were so
surprised to see them. We have seem them every day for the last week.
What a pleasant sight

I hear the Killer bees should just about have made it to Missouri. Try not to
jump around a lot.
A HREF="http://www.txtwriter.com/Onscience/Articles/killerbees.html"The
killer bees are coming/A

In article ,
Tom Jaszewski wrote:

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:07:56 -0500, Phaedrine Stonebridge
wrote:

one was rather aggressive
3000 aggressive would be the best indicator. BTW they have helped
Brazil produce lots of great honey and improve their world ranking in
honey production. We live with them here, it seems more noise and fear
than threat....




Fascinating

In article ,
(Jack1000) wrote:


I know! Here in eastern Missouri, they have been practically
non-existent aside from beekeeper hives since like 96-97. So we were so
surprised to see them. We have seem them every day for the last week.
What a pleasant sight

I hear the Killer bees should just about have made it to Missouri. Try not to
jump around a lot.
A HREF="http://www.txtwriter.com/Onscience/Articles/killerbees.html"The
killer bees are coming/A



I thought the climate was too cold here for them.