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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Well Dave there is so many different Asters just</span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">now - it is a little beyond me to separate them out -<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">having said  that you are probably correct!<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I saw many different ones with a few bees but not<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">like Monday!<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the fall before snowshoeing begins!<br/></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span>
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On October 9, 2018 at 2:53 PM David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
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Hi Paul and All,
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    I expect that Aster was cordifolius; a favorite of bees especially now when often it is the only food. 
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Yt, DW, Kentville
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From: "rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" <
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Sent: 10/9/2018 11:46:24 AM
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Subject: [NatureNS] A gathering of Bees
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Yesterday was a great day for a paddle
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so a friend and I done 2 lakes.
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">When we got back and were putting the canoe away we<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">noticed the aster flowers along the bank. The flowers were buzzing<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">with bees. Perhaps a couple of dozen in each large clump.<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">The first impression was someone had a few hives of honey<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">bees in the area so we went to look close. But mostly they<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">were the native tri-colored bees - with the beautiful orange rump.<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">My guess was Bombus terricola - but I'm no expert. No doubt the<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">bright flowers had gathered the bees from a distance - nevertheless<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">it must have been a good hatch year for them. There was a few<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">smaller bees or insects also but id beyond me.<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">As we were putting the canoe in the water, an eagle flew very<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">high over the lake. As I watched, it folded its wings and dove down like<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">an Osprey. Fast. Something in the water must have got its attention.<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">A little above the water it put on the brakes and just over the water <br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">flapped away down the lake. It lost interest in the something. I never<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">saw an eagle do that before.<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">The swamp is a combination of paddling water and push throughs. <br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">The color was great - the maples and other trees along with the bushes<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">on the little islands. The Pitcher Plants were in great color - sort of a purple<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">red. And very numerous. Lots of turtles and mallards!<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">A great paddle -<br/></strong>
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<strong style="font-weight: 400;">Enjoy the fall - visit a swamp!<br/></strong>
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