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Re: bee friends

Guess will all just have to disagree on "The Bee Thing", no hard feelings
here, just part of the fun of conversing with all of you!

Best Regards
Chris
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> From: Bill Loke <bloke@magi.com>
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: bee friends
> Date: Tuesday, April 29, 1997 12:25 PM
> 
> Bumblebees are the only Bee pollinators for purple clover. I've got honey

> bees and their one fault is that they do specialize on one flower type at

> a time regardless of what else is blooming. Blue or orchard bees have 
> been given excellent rating for pollination, especially fruit trees. 
> However, I encourage all the pollinators so as to cover all the 
> blooms.:-)
> 
> Chris Andersen wrote:
> > 
> > > > Someone asked why I called the bumblebee, the champion pollinator.
> 
> > I have raised European Honey Bees for 10 years. A honey bee is a good
> > pollinator and commercialy used for this purpose, due to the fact that
when
> > foraging they will zero in on a food source. This source is communiated
> > throughout the hive and all workers will pursue the same nectar /
pollen
> > from the same type of flower in the area they are feeding.
> > 
> > The Bumble Bee on the other hand will ramble about collecting nectar /
> > pollen from various sources. Squash then tomato, then pole bean. This
is
> > not to say that they don't do a fair job, I have seen them behave
similar
> > to the honey bee, but this is luck of the draw vs. genetic instinct
found
> > in the honey bee..
> > 
> > Chris
> > Moraga, Calif.
> > 
> 
> -- 
> bloke@magi.com (Bill Loke)[Z5a] Kars, Ontario, Canada
> "Experience is something you don't get until just after you needed it the

> most."
> 
>
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