Where Are All the Bees?
As another spring quickly approaches, there’s one annual arrival that seems to becoming less and less reliable as the seasons pass. For example, my flowering cherry trees are blooming early this year due to the mild winter, and so far, they are missing one essential component that heralds the arrival of another growing season. I’m talking about bees. Although they strike fear into the heart of young children, teenage girls, and some older men (I’ve seen fellows my age breathlessly…