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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Re: honey berry

Edible honeysuckle blooms well before the Osmia bees are out.  The blossoms will survive a surprising amount of cold - I've heard of them surviving 23 F and still setting - but few insects are out at that time.
> From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 18:09:03 +0000
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: RE: [NAFEX] Re: honey berry

> >Lon wrote that there are not enough insects to polinate these lovelies 
> >since
> >they bloom so early. But, if they are a zone 2 or 3 plant, where are the
> >insects in these zones at the time of bloom? Could they be wind polinated? 
> >I
> >think they taste good.Bruce z5 mi
>
> I am interested in anything that can fruit in zone 2. I hope to add osmia 
> bees this spring if I can find affordable ones, thinking they will be out 
> earlier than honey bees. Are they out earlier than bumblebees?
> Here, I was out yesterday chipping frozen ground, lots of snow expected 
> tonight.... I  figure the pollinators match the bloom because they are 
> awakend by the same stimuli. Del
> >Del Stubbs  www.pinewoodforge.com  ag zone2/3
>
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