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  • From: road's end farm <organic101@linkny.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Alternative pollinators
  • Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 21:29:44 -0400


On Aug 2, 2005, at 12:08 PM, athagan@atlantic.net wrote:

The mason bee discussion has me wondering how many of you all see
non-honeybee pollinators on your fruit plants and their relative
importance to your overall pollination?

I know this year were it not for my local native bumblebees and
southeastern blueberry bees I'd have seen very little pollination at
all. Since the weather first warmed this year I haven't seen more
than a handful of honeybees.

My Seminole pumpkins are still blossoming and the bumblebees will be
in every new blossom as soon as it's light enough to see.

.....Alan.

I get lots of other pollinators. I often can't tell what they are; they're moving around too fast for me to get a good look (and I'm running too fast to take the time to catch and inspect them). It's definitely multiple species, though (including some bumblebees, but also several smaller things); and I've had pollination even when there were few if any honeybees flying.


--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly
organic management





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