Bee cultures beeyard: in the dark, a beeyard is nearly surreal

摘要

It is now early October and though I long ago selected autumn as my favorite season of the year, I do like the lazy days of summer also. All summer, I have had a large population of insects - mostly good ones - on the flowe around my home. They were abruptly gone about the third week in September. I don't recall their departure being so fast in years past. No bumbles, no leaf cutters, no hummingbirds (I know... hummingbirds are not insects), no butterflies. Only a few Hymenopterous stragglers I couldn't identify and a few honey bees were all that was that was left this week. Everything became so quiet. My flower garden reminded me of a bountiful Thanksgiving Day dinner table after the guests had eaten their fill and left.