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dirtdorphins said:Hi Jennifer!
Nice to meet you--so glad you got the bees saved!
Lovely to see your garden critters

Pleased to make your acquaintance, I'm sure!

A further note: It gets more and more difficult to photograph insects in the garden, it is not just bee populations that are down, it seems to be the diversity of insect life. Many kinds of beetles also help pollination and control other over populace insects, like aphids and some mites. Bees get all press but I notice a difference in all the insect populations because I have always looked to photograph them. The only research I could find was being done in England where they have generally noticed what I suspected. I did a search last year when I was finding it difficult to locate insects. AND "RAID' would have us pump poisen into the ground to kill ants in the ground of our properties!

Mosquitoes, roaches and ants all seem to be doing just fine!