Bee deaths: EU to ban neonicotinoid pesticides

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The bee situation, an update

It has been very warm this spring.  It has been in the 90s more days than not in the past week, with hot winds drying out everything.  I am still on the lookout for an increase in the honey bee population.  I've  only spotted a few honey bees this spring, but there are a lot of sweat bees, which are a variety of different small species of bee which nest in wood, dirt, etc.  They are very useful pollinators   I've only seen one bumble bee at a time on several different occasions.  I've spotted both all black bumble bees as well as the striped ones.

Overall, I am still quite concerned about this year's bee population.