Things are normal or better in this part of Alberta - best year in the last 15! W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper Rural Route One, Swalwell, Alberta Canada T0M 1Y0 Phone/Fax: 403 546 2588 Email: [log in to unmask] On Tue, 20 Sep 1994, RICHARD E BONNEY wrote: > Greetings > > Have any of you observed a shortage of hymenoptera this year? Here in > western Massachusetts I have seen almost no halictids, and fewer than > usual bumblebees, polistes, and mud daubers, and no yellowjackets except > for a couple of queens in the early season. > > I heard indirectly that an area in southern Indiana has no pollinating > insects. The individual reporting this says that wild tree fruits and > berries were not pollinated and as a result there are no berries or > fruits for migrating birds. > > What are others of you experiencin, and why? > > Dick Bonney > [log in to unmask] >