I haven’t see a true HoneyBee in years, since the lawn care company has used Scott’s Turf Builder to clear all clover from our lawns, which the HBs like to feed upon. The number of BumbleBees has also dropped, but there are still plenty of wasps etc around, unfortunately.
Ping
In the back yard are three twenty foot tall jasmine trees, which turn almost completely white with their frgrant blossoms once each month and can be smelled three houses away. When standing under them while they are in bloom there is a wonder hum of the bees wings and can be heard from thirty feet away.
The bee swarm has not been like it used to be about four years ago, even this morning there are few guests flying in to enjoy the pollen. Very sad.