he he sounds like fun !! think il spread honey al through my back yard fence hehehehehe is that yer horse ====) double parked..?
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- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 18:37:55 EDT
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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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