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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>... On Behalf Of MB<br>Subject: Re: [ExI] bees again</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>spike wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>> The story mentions the A. borealis was found in bees in every county in the SF bay area except Santa Clara and San Mateo counties...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>...That's very interesting. I hope Isaac can appreciate the post-mortem examinations...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Part of having it made is knowing when you have it made. My son has no idea how lucky he is, not the vaguest clue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>>... </span>:) It would have been nice if a grownup had taken time to do things like that with me...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>As with most of us. We achieved a fraction of our potential, because so much of our time growing up was spent being babysat by the television. The content had approximately zero socially redeeming qualities back in those days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>...We have had unseasonably warm weather here, and some spring flowers are blooming...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>This is the warmest winter here I remember in 23 years. The global warming people may come through for us after all. If so, I take back every snarky comment. This has been a gorgeous winter. I hear it has been cold in Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>... So far this season I've seen *one* honeybee and several tiny native bees...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>Those tiny native bees are probably Nomia melanderi, if you are west of the Rockies in the US.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.ebeehoney.com/Pollination.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=124 height=93 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCE5B9.EECF3850" alt="Description: http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyW67xBBOFJjMNAgeSQhaH_iTKooZXlwqXDV9gpiaV6TUphrNbDbxml1w"></span></a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'>This one is a digger, smaller than the familiar honeybee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.ebeehoney.com/Pollination.html">http://www.ebeehoney.com/Pollination.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>…The honeybee seemed confused by the flowers and did not appear to actually go into a bloom while I was watching, but circled and hovered and circled some more. :( The natives unhesitatngly went in there to do their thing. :) Regards, MB<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Cool observation MB! I will mention it in my bee forum and reference you if you don’t object.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>