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Article: Signs of Decline: First Honeybees, Now Bumblebees
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 7, 2008
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The honeybees seem to be bucking the trend and thriving for the
moment, at least in my garden. So I have stopped watching them at
work and turned my attention to the native bees.
The honeybee came over from the Old World, but there are more
than 3,500 species of indigenous bee, from the pesky carpenter bee,
which buzzes you in April as it starts to tunnel into your woodwork,
to the tiny sweat bee, which alights on your arm to take a sip of
perspiration. If you look closely and it's the right species, you
can see that it shimmers an iridescent green.
Of all the native bees, the bumblebee is the cuddliest. All
right, you wouldn't want to hug one (it will sting if really
threatened), but the ...
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