Comments on: Signs of Decline: First Honeybees, now Bumblebees http://www.xerces.org/2008/08/07/signs-of-decline-first-honeybees-now-bumblebees/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:11:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: amron http://www.xerces.org/2008/08/07/signs-of-decline-first-honeybees-now-bumblebees/#comment-204 amron Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:30:43 +0000 http://www.xerces.org/?p=4969#comment-204 Hi, Your web says you have photos of native bees. I am teaching grade school children about native bees, and would love to have good photos to show them that highlight the amazing diversity. Are they available? Thanks Hi, Your web says you have photos of native bees. I am teaching grade school children about native bees, and would love to have good photos to show them that highlight the amazing diversity. Are they available? Thanks

]]> By: Peggy http://www.xerces.org/2008/08/07/signs-of-decline-first-honeybees-now-bumblebees/#comment-180 Peggy Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:42:57 +0000 http://www.xerces.org/?p=4969#comment-180 Dr. Vaughn and I have corresponded concerning restoring native pollinator habitat here in the East, for which I am working towards my PhD. While looking for old notes and meadow pollinator inventories in some old sketchbooks from 2000 - 2005 I found, September 2002, a sketch of B. terricola (actually four sketches) in a meadow restoration garden in my own yard in southern York Co. PA. Of other bumblebee sketches I made that year and since, all have been B. pennsylvanicus. The yellowbanded bumblebee was once very common here. With the expansive application of Round-Up to Round-Up-Ready soybeans, intensively farmed in my area, I wonder if the elimination of foraging plants by chemical application has contributed. My place in surrounded by soybean fields, all of which are no-till and sprayed regularly. There is also a huge push to expand tillable land, so hedgerows and roadside tree brakes have been toppled. Loss of habitat, chemical use and disease seem to have created the perfect storm for our little yellowbanded. Plant hedges please! Let your garden and yard edges go a little wild. Dr. Vaughn and I have corresponded concerning restoring native pollinator habitat here in the East, for which I am working towards my PhD. While looking for old notes and meadow pollinator inventories in some old sketchbooks from 2000 - 2005 I found, September 2002, a sketch of B. terricola (actually four sketches) in a meadow restoration garden in my own yard in southern York Co. PA. Of other bumblebee sketches I made that year and since, all have been B. pennsylvanicus. The yellowbanded bumblebee was once very common here. With the expansive application of Round-Up to Round-Up-Ready soybeans, intensively farmed in my area, I wonder if the elimination of foraging plants by chemical application has contributed. My place in surrounded by soybean fields, all of which are no-till and sprayed regularly. There is also a huge push to expand tillable land, so hedgerows and roadside tree brakes have been toppled. Loss of habitat, chemical use and disease seem to have created the perfect storm for our little yellowbanded. Plant hedges please! Let your garden and yard edges go a little wild.

]]> By: Bob Parks http://www.xerces.org/2008/08/07/signs-of-decline-first-honeybees-now-bumblebees/#comment-151 Bob Parks Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:16:59 +0000 http://www.xerces.org/?p=4969#comment-151 To bad the article starts off on the negative. Carpenter bees often buzz people usually because you represent a land mark that was not there previously and they are simply getting their navigational bearings. What species is a yellow-banded bumblebee? To bad the article starts off on the negative. Carpenter bees often buzz people usually because you represent a land mark that was not there previously and they are simply getting their navigational bearings.

What species is a yellow-banded bumblebee?

]]> By: Jim S http://www.xerces.org/2008/08/07/signs-of-decline-first-honeybees-now-bumblebees/#comment-131 Jim S Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:41:01 +0000 http://www.xerces.org/?p=4969#comment-131 This last summer of 2008 I had many honeybees return to full populations unlike in 2007 and lots of bumblebees as well. I am in central PA. This last summer of 2008 I had many honeybees return to full populations unlike in 2007 and lots of bumblebees as well. I am in central PA.

]]> By: Lucy Giambrone http://www.xerces.org/2008/08/07/signs-of-decline-first-honeybees-now-bumblebees/#comment-100 Lucy Giambrone Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:57:41 +0000 http://www.xerces.org/?p=4969#comment-100 I have a nest in a tree saw a green foil what i think was a queen laying eggs nearby my lavender plant and want to know what type she was.I cant find any on the web.I live in West Park FL near Hollywood. I have a nest in a tree saw a green foil what i think was a queen laying eggs nearby my lavender plant and want to know what type she was.I cant find any on the web.I live in West Park FL near Hollywood.

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