Re: peaches--live pollen

---

• To: v*@eskimo.com
• Subject: Re: peaches--live pollen
• From: M* <M*@aol.com>
• Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 23:32:56 EST
• Resent-Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 20:35:21 -0800 (PST)
• Resent-From: veggie-list@eskimo.com
• Resent-Message-ID: <"UKJaA.0.LT5.48V4r"@mx2>
• Resent-Sender: veggie-list-request@eskimo.com

In a message dated 98-03-19 14:06:14 EST, you write:

<< 
    He is purchasing live pollen from Washington (state) and we are going to
 place it in the entrances of the hives, so the bees have to walk through it.
 This is in case the anthers are damaged, but the pistil is not. So we start
 loading this evening, so as to deliver the first load in the morning.
  >>

How is live pollen collected and stored?  How long does it remain 'viable',
if that is the correct term for pollen?  Is it frozen or refrigerated or ?

Is this sort of manuever commonly done with frost damaged flowers?  Are there
any other occassions when this is done?

What a concept.   Janet.

• Prev by Date: Invite: vegetable gardens chat this eve.
• Next by Date: Re: Crop Heat Units
• Prev by thread: Re: Little Pots for Seedlings
• Next by thread: Invite: vegetable gardens chat this eve.