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echo: abled
to: Bob Ackley
from: Roger Nelson
date: 2007-09-30 17:27:30
subject: Re: Abled

BA> No bees, most likely.  I've had the same problem here with tomatoes and
BA> melons.  Lots of flowers, very little fruit.  I think what pollination is
BA> occurring is being done by small flying insects. I haven't seen a single
BA> honeybee here this year; and, IIRC I think I've seen one bumblebee.
 
Janis in New York has been complaining about the same thing, but where I
moved from recently, they were all over the place.  I seem to recall some
sort of parasite attaching themselves to and eventually killing those bees.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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