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Gardening

glinda

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15. I saw two bees and two wasps all season. That's it. No butterflies

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Sat Jul 20, 2013, 11:13 AM

Jul 2013

or anything else except for tons of mosquitos. More than half of my beans did not come up, four trees did not flower, lost a bunch of maples and small oaks. This is hugely noticeable...the absence of insects. No frogs either. Don't even hear them at night. A few of my tomatoes plants came up. My Hydrangea bushes have no blossoms at all. I saw one firefly. Very sad.

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After 20+ years, I guess we're done with vegetable gardening [View all] IDemo Jul 2013 OP

are the bees dying near you? hollysmom Jul 2013 #1

The neighbors may well have their portraits adorning the Bayer boardroom IDemo Jul 2013 #4

That is so sad LiberalEsto Jul 2013 #2

In Boise, Idaho IDemo Jul 2013 #5

My cucumbers are not pollinating... dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #3

sad news...the heat is the culprit for lack of tomatoes most likely - NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #6

Lots of bumble bees near me. NutmegYankee Jul 2013 #7

How do you differentiate the male flowers on cukes? NutmegYankee Jul 2013 #12

males have no tiny cukes at their case - females do. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #13

I'm sorry about your garden. CrispyQ Jul 2013 #8

24 years here and I'm over it too. This spring my partner had a garden.... Rowdyboy Jul 2013 #9

EZ fix .... don't worry about honeybees and work on the native pollinators Botany Jul 2013 #10

I'm ammazed at how many bumblebees I have around the garden. NutmegYankee Jul 2013 #11

I have bumblebees, leaf cutter bees, sweat bees, along with many good types of flies, Botany Jul 2013 #14

I saw two bees and two wasps all season. That's it. No butterflies glinda Jul 2013 #15

We have bumblebees Aerows Jul 2013 #16