I found this otherwise healthy-looking California Carpenter Bee quite
dead in my garden today. I am troubled about what may have killed it
and the feeling that there seems to be nothing I can do about it. A
dead bee wouldn't have warranted much of my concern a few years ago, but
these days you've just got to wonder.

I love these bees. They are basically friendly and nice to look at.
They can get pretty large.

http://tinyurl.com/2wes2o




-----------------
www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed*
Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road
-----------------

In article
,
Amos Nomore wrote:

I found this otherwise healthy-looking California Carpenter Bee quite
dead in my garden today. I am troubled about what may have killed it
and the feeling that there seems to be nothing I can do about it. A
dead bee wouldn't have warranted much of my concern a few years ago, but
these days you've just got to wonder.

I love these bees. They are basically friendly and nice to look at.
They can get pretty large.

http://tinyurl.com/2wes2o

begin 644 WhatHappened?.jpg
[Image]

end

begin 644 BetterDays.jpg
[Image]

end

Well, they don't live forever, and you may have neighbors that are
liberal with pesticides?

I lost some baby ducks to that one time. Neighbors + rainstorm +
Malathion... :-(
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

Amos Nomore wrote:
I found this otherwise healthy-looking California Carpenter Bee quite
dead in my garden today. I am troubled about what may have killed it
and the feeling that there seems to be nothing I can do about it. A
dead bee wouldn't have warranted much of my concern a few years ago, but
these days you've just got to wonder.

I love these bees. They are basically friendly and nice to look at.
They can get pretty large.

http://tinyurl.com/2wes2o


-----------------
www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed*
Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road
-----------------


What's the life span of a carpenter bee? Bees have rather short life
spans, so finding a dead one shouldn't be unusual. A honey bee lives 3
to 6 weeks, for example.

HTH

In article ,
Wolf wrote:

Amos Nomore wrote:
I found this otherwise healthy-looking California Carpenter Bee quite
dead in my garden today. I am troubled about what may have killed it
and the feeling that there seems to be nothing I can do about it. A
dead bee wouldn't have warranted much of my concern a few years ago, but
these days you've just got to wonder.

I love these bees. They are basically friendly and nice to look at.
They can get pretty large.

http://tinyurl.com/2wes2o


-----------------
www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed*
Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road
-----------------


What's the life span of a carpenter bee? Bees have rather short life
spans, so finding a dead one shouldn't be unusual. A honey bee lives 3
to 6 weeks, for example.

HTH

Thanks. I hope it was old age, but the bee was just lying on its back
amongst the flowers and looked so young and healthy and freshly dead.

I was out in the yard a little while ago and saw two really big
carpenter bees, a few honey bees, and a bunch of bumblebees looking very
happy, so I am reassured that the sky isn't falling.
-----------------
www.Newsgroup-Binaries.com - *Completion*Retention*Speed*
Access your favorite newsgroups from home or on the road
-----------------