I have read that their population is down badly the past few years :(
Lots of pesticides.
General insect population was down a huge percentage.
Hope bees are able to make a comeback.
Neonics banned in EU but not in the USA
You’d go for a drive and your windshield would be so covered in bugs you could barely see.
Now you could drive for days and not clear them once.
I have three this year in the milkweed patch, last year there was only one. Today I watched them fight over the flowers just like hummingbirds fight over the feeder. Hopefully there's a female in the group.
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