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Re: pollinators?

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utah blaine wrote:

> can i get a unsubscription  OVER HERE PLEASE
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> is that yer horse ====) double parked..?
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> Subject: Re: pollinators?
> Resent-Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 19:02:28 -0700
> Resent-From: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 20:07:30 -0700
> From: Connie Hoy <coneh@uswest.net>
> Reply-To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> References: <4e286bb.35d36ac4@aol.com>
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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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