Re: honey bees
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- Subject: Re: honey bees
- From: L* C*
- Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 15:02:02 -0500
Margaret,
That is great to hear. We were just talking about the PawPaw in my Master
Gardener class last night. That it smells terrible is the word from the
"expert". Of course, he had never seen one in person--or the fruit.
Please tell me about the fruit. Is it good? What do you do with it? Is
it worth growing? How nice to meet someone who actually has one!
Lera Cavanaugh
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From: margaret lauterbach <mlaute@micron.net>
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: honey bees
Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 1:58 PM
At 12:55 PM 2/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
>True, but that is because the flowers (and the decaying fruit) smell like
>putrid rotting meat. These trees are pollinated by flies.
>
>Not a really nice tree to have close to the patio!!
>
>Lera Cavanaugh
>Brighton, Michigan
>Zone5
>
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>I know of one tree/shrub that honey bees are not attracted to. The Paw
>Paw, Asimina triloba. The small brownish purple flowers draw very few
>bees of any kind.
>
I've never stuck my nose in a PawPaw flower, but I have been sufficiently
close to put an index finger in the flower and noodle the pollen around.
Didn't smell anything, good or bad. Never had rotting fruit under my trees.
Amorphophalli (is that the plural?) are pollinated by carrion flies, and as
I recall, so is ginger. Either my smeller is way off or else PawPaw
blossoms only attract carrion flies that are close to begin with. Margaret
L
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