Re: Bee Pollination
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Bee Pollination
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:30:01 -0600 (MDT)
In scanning through some things looking for clues on how to care for my I.
Lactea, stumbled across the following from the Signa Bulletin #59 Fall 1997
An article titled "Those Busy Bees" by Francis Love, New Zealand
"The honey and bee pollen people have done some research into their (the bees
- ed.) habits during the last few years. One point I feel is of some
importance to Iris growers.
If a bee gets pollen from one species, it does not bother with the others.
Hence, if a bee takes pollen from a Siberica, it will look for another
Siberica, and will not, for instance, touch a Pacific Coaster. Likewise, if it
visits a bearded, it will only go on to visit other beardeds.
No wonder we don't get interspecific crosses as bee pods"
Cited as a reprint form the Nw Zealand Iris Society Bulletin, No 142 June 1997
Just FYI
John | "There be dragons here"
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John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont, California, USA, Earth, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
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