Bees and flowers decline in step

Hilary Nightingale hilary@ingascony.com
Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:29:58 PDT
Thanks for the link Gary. That's really interesting. I have certainly
noticed poorer than expected germination and fruit setting in certain plants
since starting a vegetable garden here in SW France. We seem to have many
different types of bees, but not necessarily the right species in the right
quantiies to coincide with flowering. I am intending to start some honey bee
hives next spring to ease the problem, but will also look into how I can
encourage the wild species that are here.

Hilary from hot and sunny Gascony, SW France


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> This from today's BBC UK Science News.  Why some of the rare become even
rarer.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5201218.stm
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> Gary in Hilo, HI
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