I've been seeing hummingbirds, butterflies, and, I think, bees. I'll check again for number of bees, though - I haven't been paying much attention to bees.

Sherry

Ditto for what Sherry said, quite a few different butterflies, two or three hummingbirds and a lot of bees--large and small.

I have tons and tons of bumble bees and honey bees. Lots of wasps aswell. I have only seen two American Ladys but have a few eegs. And only 5 or 6 Red admirals which is strange, as this is usally their"boom" time for my area.

Numbers of bumbles are down, unless it's still early, but I don't think so. I have seen a few queens searching for nesting sites. No honey bees, yet, but I don't have anything blooming to speak of.

Martha

Saw quite a few honeybees on our holly tree two weeks ago.

Happy to hear of activity in other areas of the country. I'm becoming more concerned for my neck of the woods. Still nothing to speak of. I don't know if it's just too early and I've never paid much attention before, this early in the year, but it's quite noticeable to me. Because we had such a wet spring last season, our city did a lot of mosquito spraying. I hope that didn't kill off large numbers of local pollinators.

I have Oregon Grape that blooms in January. It is usually covered in wild bees when in bloom but now that I think about it, this year only attracted a few bees. There are many blooms out there but no takers in sight.

Mary

Many black swallowtails and hummingbirds in pa!