Dear All,
   Honey Bees were were quite numerous and active in the yard today,
including this evening, working Aster cordifolius blossoms.
YT, DW Kentville
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David,
The very warm weather probably brought on the insect activity. I got a
surprise today, when I walked around our field of milkweed (mostly mowed
down to keep the Common Milkweed seed from spreading onto neighboring farm
land). I counted 10 Monarch butterflies in the field after not seeing more
than two for over a week. I suspect there were chrysalis still in the
remaining plants in the field which eclosed.
Larry
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Larry Bogan
Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia
larry(a)bogan.ca
On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:57:37 -0300, David Webster <dwebster(a)glinx.com>
wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Honey Bees were were quite numerous and active in the yard today,
> including this evening, working Aster cordifolius blossoms.
>
> YT, DW Kentville
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Hi Larry & All,
   I am sure the warmth was an essential component; warmth plus good
Aster flowers. Some Bumble bees also; shiny black on dorsal surface of
abdomen.
Dave W.
On 9/29/2020 6:16 PM, Larry Bogan wrote:
> David,
> Â The very warm weather probably brought on the insect activity. I got
> a surprise today, when I walked around our field of milkweed (mostly
> mowed down to keep the Common Milkweed seed from spreading onto
> neighboring farm land). I counted 10 Monarch butterflies in the field
> after not seeing more than two for over a week. I suspect there were
> chrysalis still in the remaining plants in the field which eclosed.
>
> Larry
>