Re: eating my hollyhocks
- Subject: Re: eating my hollyhocks
- From: b* s*
- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 11:36:33 -0700
>Usually the leaf-cutter bees cut a rather round (almost half circle) in
>the leaf
>edge. They are relatively harmless, in that they don't really harm the plant.
>Consider that, with the almost complete extinction of italian honey bees here,
>the native bees are doing most of the pollination of all flowers. The leaf
>cutters also like roses a lot. If the munched portion looks very jagged,
>and is
>not half-circle like in shape, it is probably some sort of weevil or other
>pest
>doing its dirty work at night.
Richard--I SAW the bee cutting a, yes, rounded notch out of the petals. Of
course I don't want to extinguish the bees--I just love my yellow
hollyhocks and they look a mess with all those half-circles cut out of the
flowers. I'm just asking if there are ways to repel the bees. I don't mind
if they cut into the rose leaves.
Barbara
