[1_Rain_Drop]

I saw one bee today.

In the past the grass would be buzzing with them as they flew from dandelion to dandelion, the first ground flower of the season.

Come to think of it, there are not many cluster flies either. It’s been years since I’ve vacuumed the corners of the rooms. I don’t miss them but there’s something wrong out there in the insect world.

[Black Agnes]

We’ve got a whole front yard of white clover. Not a bee to be seen so far. Usually it’s dangerous to walk out there from all the bizzing and buzzing. Not this year.

[Nowhere Man]

Come to think of it, there are not many cluster flies either. It’s been years since I’ve vacuumed the corners of the rooms. I don’t miss them but there’s something wrong out there in the insect world.

I dunno, but we might have to find other ways to pollinate crops, maybe load up an old Stearman biplane or even a B-17 with pollen and fly them over the crops.

[MinorityRepublican]

there’s something wrong out there in the insect world.

Agreed. Widespread chemical? (something like DDT?)

[diamond6]

Dandelions are super healthy, maybe even cancer fighters, at least that is what I have read.

[Veto!]

Not just bees. We’re very short of robins this spring where I live. My cat is worried.

I saw a documentary several years ago about senior citizens somewhere in China who had jobs hand-pollinating fruit trees because their bees were gone. Scary.