> > eastern Nebraska and I've marked examples of forage > > areas on one square mile in yellow: > > http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k75/4af/sqylow.jpg Kathy Kellison wrote: > Roughly, how much total square footage would you > estimate in those sections of the photo? And from > your observations is the norm? Don't know the square footage Kathy, but I do know it's enough land to enable some butterfly pollinators to increase their numbers to outbreak levels like this: Painted Lady butterflies: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/gilc.jpg Monarch butterflies: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/mastertech/evena.jpg Orange sulfur butterflies: http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_5e9bba43-8aa5-5d20-bcb3-d42399b847be.html Paul Cherubini El Dorado, Calif. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm