0n (11 Jun 08) Bob Ackley wrote to Roger Nelson...

 BA> Replying to a message of Roger Nelson to Cindy Haglund:

 RN> I saw some bees for the first time this year yesterday.  Janis said
 RN> that she hasn't seen any in an a long time because of some critter
 RN> that attaches itself to the back of the bee like a leech and
 RN> eventually kills it.

 BA> I saw two honeybees the other day.  First one's I've seen in about two
 BA> years. These looked a bit different, though, instead of orange rings
 BA> around their bodies
 BA> they had yellow rings.

Lilac bushes will definitly attract honey bees. I imagine there are
other attractions but I'm sure about the lilac bushes. We had two of
them in our yard at a previous residence (Upstate western NYS). Had
lots of honey bees every time they (the bushes) came into bloom.

cind

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