 "The Independent (London, England)")
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The warning signs that spring has sprung; Bumblebees in December, swallows in February. STEVE CONNOR looks at how a network of thousands of amateur phenologists - volunteers who note the times of recurring natural phenomena - has tracked the effects of climate change on the British landscape.(News)
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The Independent (London, England)
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March 12, 2004| Author:
Connor, Steve
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Byline: STEVE CONNOR
On 23 December last year a bumblebee flew into the garden of a man living in Isleworth, Middlesex. The following day, another bumblebee was spotted by a woman in Exeter and on Christmas Day someone saw one floating around central London in search of a flower.
Bumblebees - which are normally associated with lazy, hot summer days - usually hibernate through the winter months, emerging from their nests in the first warm days of March. But som...
