OT bees

Hundreds and hundreds of bees arrived today, apparently out of thin air, to
buzz about a tree in our yard that is budding out. .... minor miracle of
Nature,..... if any such miracle qualifies as minor



I wish the Groundhog that saw it's shadow yesterday was more likely to be
right, California needs more Winter, lots more Winter, not a very early
Spring.

On Feb 3, 7:08*pm, "Larry L" wrote:
Hundreds and hundreds of bees arrived today, apparently out of thin air, to
buzz about a tree in our yard that is budding out. * .... minor miracle of
Nature,..... if any such miracle qualifies as minor

I wish the Groundhog that saw it's shadow yesterday was more likely to be
right, California needs more Winter, lots more Winter, not a very early
Spring.


Well, you(?) need more snow. January is the big month for
accumulation.

My one buddy sent me the snow pack monitoring sites, the one we're
following is at 60% normal. For *our* selfish needs (the window
between snow melt and when levels are too low), it's not going to
matter too much, but it seems like only the right thing to do to learn
about what's happening in the area where you're going to be waltzing
matilda come summer.

These are the official snow collector/counter folks:
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/snow/current/snow/

On Feb 3, 5:08 pm, "Larry L" wrote:

California needs more Winter, lots more Winter

The winter weather patterns out west have been good to us down here
(so far):

ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/support/...9/snow0901.gif

Jon.

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On Feb 3, 5:08 pm, "Larry L" wrote:

California needs more Winter, lots more Winter

The winter weather patterns out west have been good to us down here
(so far):

ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/support/...9/snow0901.gif

Jon.



We're running about 55% ;-( ( source, TV weather dude last night 6
o'clock news )



I've already officially been told to expect drastic cuts in irrigation water
( not likely a big deal, to me, just a few less Angus around ). I was
talking to the rice farmer 'next door' and he's not going to plant, first
time ever for him, mainly because water to stay flooded all growing season
isn't guaranteed. Overall, California agriculture is probably going to
take a hit that will affect food costs nationwide .... barring big turn
arounds in the situation ( with less than two months of 'wet season' left )



Larry L ( not to be all bad news, all the time, it's supposed to rain Thur
and Fri and patterns could still change ..... )

On Feb 3, 7:08*pm, "Larry L" wrote:
Hundreds and hundreds of bees arrived today, apparently out of thin air, to
buzz about a tree in our yard that is budding out. * .... minor miracle of
Nature,..... if any such miracle qualifies as minor

With the apparent threat of that Colony Collapse Disorder thing going
around, I'd say the arrival of bees anywhere is good news, even more
so in an agricultural area.

Joe F.

"rb608" wrote in message
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On Feb 3, 7:08 pm, "Larry L" wrote:
Hundreds and hundreds of bees arrived today, apparently out of thin air,
to
buzz about a tree in our yard that is budding out. .... minor miracle of
Nature,..... if any such miracle qualifies as minor

With the apparent threat of that Colony Collapse Disorder thing going
around, I'd say the arrival of bees anywhere is good news, even more
so in an agricultural area.

Joe F.



Agreed ... pretty weird and scary stuff


I doubt that the bees on my trees right now are from commerical colonies, as
I haven't noticed any boxes in the area yet this year .... I could be wrong.