Thanks so much for your article, Mindy03. It comes at a time when I have lots of questions about the bees in my neighborhood. I live in Phoenix, Arizona (transplant from San Francisco, CA). I've lived in my house for 4 1/2 years. Every single year, all 4, when my Queen Palms bloom, the "flower" is totally covered in bees. This year there is nothing, no bees on the flowers. We did have an extremely cold and unusual Fall to Winter with 3 days of hard freeze.

Your article drives home, to me, that we so depend on the bees to bring fertility and flowers.
Enjoyed it!

Thank you Susie. Is there bees on that flower or are my eyes seeing something that's not there?
A lady in VA told me there weren't any bees around her yard last year but this year there's plenty. My brother who lives about 20 miles from me didn't see bees in his yard last year but said he seen a few this year. So keep looking they'll be back.
If you are interested in learning more about bees and beekeeping I opened a beekeeping forum here
http://cubits.org/thedatabases...
Come and check it out and if you still have questions feel free to ask and I'll try to answer them.

Thanks so much, Margaret! Actually I didn't see one bee on those palm flowers. Last two years they were on the flowers in the hundreds. Maybe they're taking a vacation!