can i get a unsubscription OVER HERE PLEASE is that yer horse ====) double parked..?
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- Subject: Re: pollinators?
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- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 20:07:30 -0700
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Dave, A million thanks for the important info re:use of honey... Never heard that and would never had attempted it if I had. Nothing like a pro to correct mis-information. Sadly I have known what you've confirmed i.e. I just need more bees. Thank you again, Connie Pollinator@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/13/98 3:56:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, coneh@uswest.net > writes: > > > Anybody got suggestions how to lure them over to the vine area?Someone once > > suggested honey placed around the vines..Tried but failed to see > improvement > > ..They just came when they were good and ready,and not before. > > But I'd be willing to try any ideas given. > > Please! Never place honey where bees can reach it. When bees pick up > honey, rather than nectar from flowers, they get into a frenzy. Beekeepers > call it robbing. It spreads disease and it will make the bees back at the hive > meaner than a snake. It could also get others in the neighborhood stung. > > To get the bees to work all the blossoms, you need a larger population. We > have the same problem in south Florida when the early watermelons bloom, just > as the citrus trees also blossom. We have to saturate the melon fields with > bees, because they much prefer the orange grove next door. If the population > is high enough, they will work ALL blossoms, not just the preferred ones. > > On the scale you are doing, it probably translates to your getting a hive, > either on your property or nearby. If you don't want to do it, try to > stimulate a young person in the neighborhood to do it as a 4H project. They > may go on to become serious beekeepers and be the pollinators for the next > generation. > > Pollinator@aol.com Dave Green Hemingway, SC USA > The Pollination Scene: http://users.aol.com/pollinator/polpage1.html > > Jan's Sweetness and Light Shop (Varietal Honeys and Beeswax Candles) > http://users.aol.com/SweetnessL/sweetlit.htm
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