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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I gotta say, I went out at lunch -- my front yard is all flowers, mostly natives/pollinator-friendly species -- and there were hardly any bees or butterflies out there compared to previous years. So far we have only seen those little white butterflies (which I hope aren't cabbage butterflies, since I have planted eggplant) -- no monarchs, no black, yellow, or blue swallowtails, and none of the little orange, yellow, or brown types we usually see. We currently have coneflowers, liatris, milkweed, sunflowers, coreopsis, monarda/wild bergamot, agastache/hyssop, and lavender in bloom, and usually they are covered with flying things. Last year we could literally have a hundred bees of at least a half dozen different species on the hyssop alone, today I could count them on one hand and zero bumblebees or honeybees. It's worrisome. [/quote]

Yes! I was just about to post the same thing- my yard is not all native plants but I do have a fair number of sunny natives- zinnias, butterflyweed, sunflowers, coneflowers, etc. (lots of rubeckia too but not blooming yet) in addition to a vegetable garden and the pollinators just aren't there this year.  Huge spicebush and no evidence of swallowtails.  Also only seeing the little white butterflies.  Pretty sure my immediate neighbors aren't using pesticides.  We typically have a fair number of bumble bees.[/quote]

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