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Index of Subjects --2119117045-677956413-1407244787=:67094 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All=0ALast evening I was out on the river doing some fishing.=0AI was st= anding beside a bed of Pickerel Weed ( Pontederia cordata ) which was in fu= ll bloom. There was a bumble bee on every second stack. An impressive numbe= r of bees. Most were=0ABombus impatiens but 10 - 15 % were tri colored bees= along with an ocassional smaller bee.=0AThe bees were much smaller than th= e spring individuals but the same color. Pickerel Weed does not seem to be = listed as bees favored forage but these fellows didn't seem to mind.=0AFish= ing was good - some nice White Perch who Mary asked about some time ago.=0A= Enjoy the summer=0APaul=0A=A0=0A=A0=0A=A0 =0A=0A=0AOn Sunday, June 12, 2011= 5:35:32 PM, Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote:=0A =0A=0A=0ATo= day I spent some time with my rhodos observing the flowers and the bees.=0A= Three species of bumble bees were working the flowers. I ided them=0Afrom D= avid=A0McCorquodale pamplet. Mistakes are my own.=0ABees were Bombus impati= ens, by far the most common and numerous, Bombus ternarius,=A0=0Aprehaps 5 = individuals and Bombus terricola only a few.=0AThey were sure eating up the= pollen - I wanted to make some crosses for seed=0Aand needed to use unopen= ed flowers to get some pollen!=0AHave a nice spring=0APaul --2119117045-677956413-1407244787=:67094 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:14pt"><div><span>Hi All</span></div><div><span>Last evening I was o= ut on the river doing some fishing.</span></div><div><span>I was standing b= eside a bed of Pickerel Weed ( Pontederia cordata ) which was in full bloom= . There was a bumble bee on every second stack. An impressive number of bee= s. Most were</span></div><div><span><font color=3D"#454545" face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"4">Bombus impatiens but 10 - 15 % were tri colored bees along with = an ocassional smaller bee.</font></span></div><div><span>The bees were much= smaller than the spring individuals but the same color. Pickerel Weed does= not seem to be listed as bees favored forage but these fellows didn't seem= to mind.</span></div><div><span>Fishing was good - some nice White Perch w= ho Mary asked about some time ago.</span></div><div><span>Enjoy the summer</span></div><div><span>Paul</span></div><div><span></span> </d= iv><div><span></span> </div><div><span></span> </div> <div class= =3D"qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" style=3D"displ= ay: block;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helv= etica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style=3D"f= ont-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande,= sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial" size= =3D"2"> On Sunday, June 12, 2011 5:35:32 PM, Paul MacDonald <paulrita200= 1@yahoo.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div><div id=3D"yiv6483= 068047"><div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roma= n, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255,= 255);"><div><font color=3D"#454545" face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">= <span style=3D"font-size: 12px;">Today I spent some time with my rhodos obs= erving the flowers and the bees.</span></font></div><div><font color=3D"#454545" face=3D"Aria= l, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;">Three species of= bumble bees were working the flowers. I ided them</span></font></div><div>= <font color=3D"#454545" face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style= =3D"font-size: 12px;">from David </span></font><span style=3D"color: r= gb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;= ">McCorquodale pamplet. Mistakes are my own.</span></div><div><font color= =3D"#454545" face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size= : 12px;">Bees were Bombus impatiens, by far the most common and numerous, B= ombus ternarius, </span></font></div><div><font color=3D"#454545" face= =3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;">prehaps = 5 individuals and Bombus terricola only a few.</span></font></div><div><fon= t color=3D"#454545" face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size: 12px;">They were sure eating up the pollen - I wanted to make some crosses for seed</span><= /font></div><div><font color=3D"#454545" face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-ser= if"><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;">and needed to use unopened flowers to = get some pollen!</span></font></div><div><font color=3D"#454545" face=3D"Ar= ial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;">Have a nice sp= ring</span></font></div><div><font color=3D"#454545" face=3D"Arial, Helveti= ca, sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;">Paul</span></font></div><d= iv><font color=3D"#454545" face=3D"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 12px;"><br></span></font></div><div style=3D'font-family: "= times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 12pt;'><br></div><di= v style=3D'font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-s= ize: 12pt;'><br></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </di= v> </div></body></html> --2119117045-677956413-1407244787=:67094--
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