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["Kieran &/or Donna" <holycow@frontiernet.net>]



Yeah, I think the bees like the damaged flowers just fine.  They still get pollen, though I assume they can't get nectar, and who knows, maybe they do get nectar from them too.  Anyway, there are usually a few good blooms as well, and unless the bee can tell by just looking, it would have to check out each one.  I'm betting that only the very center wouldn't look right to a bee, that to their eyes the petals look just fine same as to mine.    Donna