Re: eating my hollyhocks
- Subject: Re: eating my hollyhocks
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 08:24:10 +1200
barbara sargent wrote:
>
> >Usually the leaf-cutter bees cut a rather round (almost half circle) in
>
> 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
Welll... a net cover would certainly keep them off, but wouldn't look
very smart would it?
Oil of citronella repels mosquitoes. Perhaps it would work against bees
too. I don't think it could do them any harm.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
