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fadedrose

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23. I've been prophesying this year will have tons of bugs & bees...at least in MI

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Original post)

Sun Feb 26, 2012, 01:24 PM

Feb 2012

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We have had the mildest winter I could recall ever. I don't think the temperature ever went below 5 degrees if it even went that low. Winter didn't even start here until the middle of Feb, and only 2 small snow occurrences, hard to call them storms...

So it's going to be good for birds who eat bugs - misquitos, spiders, roaches, all kinds of little crawly things...

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BEES, BEES, & MORE BEES! [View all] Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 OP

Sounds like a good sign - we need our bees! calimary Feb 2012 #1

Maybe I'll get some mint, then. Do the bumblebees like that? Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #2

Evergreen shrubs, small trees native to western US & northern Mexico. Related to madrone. pinto Feb 2012 #3

highly prized (and priced) for bird perches mopinko Feb 2012 #8

Not sure about bumblers, but honey bees adore mint, most flowering herbs for that matter. n/t sarge43 Feb 2012 #4

I kind of want to learn bee-keeping TlalocW Feb 2012 #5

My daughter just went to a class and put their first hive together. Can't wait to see how it works. jwirr Feb 2012 #7

I just moved to Kansas City TlalocW Feb 2012 #9

Keep watching there will be another one. jwirr Feb 2012 #10

welcome to KC greymattermom Feb 2012 #11

High Fives to First Hives! annabanana Feb 2012 #25

Ran a google check, TlalocW sarge43 Feb 2012 #12

Do it! bvar22 Feb 2012 #18

That was such an interesting and informative post. Thank you. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #19

This can be done by one person, bvar22 Feb 2012 #21

Thank you so much for all that information. I am even more interested, now. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #24

Thanks for the welcomes. Right now, I'm in an apartment TlalocW Feb 2012 #26

Well great. OriginalGeek Feb 2012 #6

Well, that has to be better than the african bees taking them over! oneshooter Feb 2012 #13

LOL! Clever. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #28

Mexican jumping bees? mysuzuki2 Feb 2012 #14

LOL! nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #29

It sounds as if you may have seen some sort of native Bee as opposed hedgehog Feb 2012 #15

in milwaukee, the squirrels planted an ornamental chinese lantern plant/seed. pansypoo53219 Feb 2012 #22

You sound like me. pecwae Feb 2012 #16

BEES BEES BEES BEES! chrisa Feb 2012 #17

Not me. I'll have to Google that, I guess. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #20

I've been prophesying this year will have tons of bugs & bees...at least in MI fadedrose Feb 2012 #23

Oprah gets it done. Brickbat Feb 2012 #27