Another anecdote: Here in Maryland, I have these flowers in the back yard that usually are in bloom by September (i.e., now). They normally attract a ton of bum

Another anecdote: Here in Maryland, I have these flowers in the back yard that usually are in bloom by September (i.e., now). They normally attract a ton of bumblebees, but this year, I've only noticed a few... There are a lot more butterflies than bees this time. I've got wasps nesting in a hard to reach hole in the ground. I've seen some dead so-called "asian" hornets in my neighbor's yard. There's a huge basketball sized nest of something in my other neighbor's tree. Very few bumblebees, unfortunately...