[NatureNS] honey bees, flowers, Daphne bushes, butterfly

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> Subject: [ValleyNature] honey bees, flowers, Daphne bushes, butterfly
>
> APRIL 16, 2013 - Another Sunny day and warm, much warmer than  
> yesterday -- up to +15 C. (vs. only 8 C. yesterday and same or less  
> on previous days.  The warmness today has FINALLY brought out the  
> HONEY BEES in very good numbers, especially on oodles of garden  
> crocuses plus "bluebells" or Scilla or their look-alikes plus  
> remaining snowdrops, early hyacinths, and even one honey bee on a  
> flower-head of coltsfoot.  Many more coltsfoot flower-heads are  
> suddenly up and open and wonderful to see, e.g. near the northeast  
> end of the paved part of Oak Avenue in Wolfville.
>
> I also looked along Oak Avenue for "Jean Timpa's" DAPHNE BUSHES,  
> and I found them difficult to find because they are endangered now  
> by some fallen dead branches and many big arching stems of our too- 
> abundant alien invasive multiflora rose.  The Daphne bushes I found  
> were showing some petal-colour now but have no open blossoms yet.   
> We need someone with a chain-saw and/or an armoured suit with  
> clippers to do some careful pruning to liberate the Daphnes.
>
> Earlier today I saw a smallish butterfly fly past my house, but I  
> have no idea what kind it was.
>
> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>
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#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] honey bees, flowers, =
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size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>APRIL 16, 2013</b> - =
Another Sunny day and warm, <b>much warmer than yesterday</b> -- up to =
<b>+15 C. </b>(vs. only 8 C. yesterday and same or less on previous =
days.&nbsp; The warmness today has FINALLY brought out the<b> HONEY =
BEES</b> in very good numbers, especially on oodles of <b>garden =
crocuses plus</b> "bluebells" or Scilla or their look-alikes plus =
remaining snowdrops, early hyacinths, and even one honey bee on a =
flower-head of coltsfoot.&nbsp; Many more <b>coltsfoot </b>flower-heads =
are suddenly up and open and wonderful to see, e.g. near the northeast =
end of the paved part of Oak Avenue in Wolfville. =
&nbsp;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal =
12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">I also looked along Oak Avenue for "Jean Timpa's" =
<b>DAPHNE BUSHES</b>, and I found them difficult to find because they =
are endangered now by some fallen dead branches and many big arching =
stems of our too-abundant alien invasive<b> multiflora rose</b>.&nbsp; =
The <i>Daphne </i>bushes I found were showing some petal-colour now but =
have no open blossoms yet.&nbsp; We need someone with a chain-saw and/or =
an armoured suit with clippers to do some careful pruning to liberate =
the <i>Daphne</i>s.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Earlier today I saw a<b> smallish butterfly</b> fly =
past my house, but I have no idea what kind it =
was.&nbsp;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.</font></div><div><font =
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Helvetica"><br></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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">_______________________________________________</div><div =
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margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a =
href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu=
ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon=
naturalists.ca</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>=

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