Tim Arheit wrote:

> While there may be more forage due to loss of feral bees, It's hard to
> judge because too many other factors have changed i think.

One other thing that has been noticed here in Maine is an increase in
local pollinators, such as bumblebees and solitary bees. So nature is
filling the vacuum. But commercial growers of apples and squash were
looking for pollination services the past two years, when they never had
before. So here it looks like the impact is on "mono-cultures", where
the bloom overwhelms the available pollinators and not small gardens.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, ME