I believe my parents told me when they were growing up, their parents used to make dandelion wine.  That could be the medicinal wonders you're referring to.   ;)

Cheers,

Brian

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From: Wojtek Rychlik <wr(-at-)pikespeakphoto.com>
Reply-To: anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com
To: anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Anaglyphs] Bring on the Bees!
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:02:05 -0600

Very well Marshall. Pesticides are certainly one of the important factors of wiping the bees out.

Nice meadow, by the way. I don't know why dandelions are considered bad and some neighbourhoods have strict laws about them (kill regardless of any other considerations with penalties imposed). It is a nice flower, and does medicinal wonders.

I've got about the same concentration of them on my yard :-)

Wojtek

On May 11, 2007, at 6:08 AM, Marshall Rubin wrote:

It was announced on the news that honeybees are disappearing for unknown reasons.  One scientist suggested that people should

encourage bees to return by retaining lots of flowers on their land for bees to pollinate.  This early-morning view shows that I am always willing to comply!

 

Marshall