> Roger Nelson -> Bob Ackley wrote:
>>> No bees, most likely.  I've had the same problem here with tomatoes and
>>> melons.  Lots of flowers, very little fruit.  I think what
>> pollination is
>>> occurring is being done by small flying insects. I haven't seen a
>> single
>>> 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.

> I saw some bees this spring but not alot,
> amf I didnt feel a black fly or mosqueto till september.
> Prety wierd weather.

I didn't see too many this summer.. plenty of wasps though .. My
garden did ok, not too many tomatoes, but by the end of the line, I was
sick of canning Tomatoes 

Take care,
Janis

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