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  • From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] strawberries and bees
  • Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 13:20:31 -0700

Are wild bees affected by CCD? I thought it was the non-organically raised
domestic bees that are at risk.
Also - does anybody here have a hive in a small lot? We've had a wild hive
on a small plot before, which wasn't too much of a problem, so I think a
managed one should be okay. But still...

~ Stephen

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ginda Fisher
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 11:04 AM
To: NAFEX Fruit Explorers
Subject: [NAFEX] strawberries and bees

I just got some little strawberry plants from "frais des bois". They
are beautifully packaged, but I was surprised to see they have
aphids. Not a big deal, I suppose, but plants don't usually arrive
with aphids.

(And they even have a very official-looking Nursery License from the
state of Delaware affixed to the inner packaging.)

Also, I may have honey bees this year. I haven't had honey bees in
years, and maybe I've forgotten what they look like. These are a
little blacker than I remember. But they are about the size, shape,
and fuzziness of honey bees. Could the wild bees be making a
comeback, even in the face of CCD?


Ginda Fisher
Eastern MA, zone 6




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