Recently I was sent some info on a UVA study that indicates that pollution is reducing flower fragrance, which in turn may be partly to blame for the diminishing bee populations. Read more here: http://www.gardenhelp.org/bees/uva-study-reports-pollution-reduces-flower-fragrance-bee-populations/
(Sorry I haven’t been posting much lately. Spring has been really busy, leaving me little “in office time”. You will be glad to know that I wear my gardentenders t-shirt often on gardening jobs!)
Chers
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Bon
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posted 173 days ago
Very interesting GM. But I gotta tell ya my mini lilac bush was so fragrant that I could smell it all over the yard.And the mountain ash in the neighbourhood was all you could smell for nearly 2 weeks.
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gardenmentor
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posted 173 days ago
Bon, I’m glad you’re enjoying the fragrances of spring. I get a real charge out of inhaling the fresh earth after a rain, fragrant blooms and a fresh cut lawn. I hope it never ends—for us or for the bees!
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Bon
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posted 172 days ago
I’m with you GM.Love the spring smells.
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Bob
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posted 170 days ago
I ran across this article today helps to shed more light on the bee population declines.
It would appear that our federal regulators are doing a rather tepid job of getting proper methods approved for use in Canada thereby exacerbating a catastrophy in the making.
Bob
-- I want to believe in a lot of things but, in the meantime I have to deal with the truth