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  • From: Road's End Farm <organic87@frontiernet.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Honeybees don't pollinate caged
  • Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:25:36 -0400

Thanks, Jim. I may have mis-heard or mis-understood (or just plain remembered wrong) a reference to introducing bumblebees into seed-saving cages; sounds as if they might work for that.

-- Rivka

On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:

Riva asked, "Is it possible to put a honeybee hive inside the enclosure
during bloom?"


When honeybees are caged, they forget about pollinating and spend all of
their time trying to get out. Honeybees are worthless in a greenhouse; that
is why bumblebees are used to do greenhouse pollinating. I tried getting
honeybees to do pollination in my greenhouse. I even left the door open and
they were all flying against the ceiling.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472





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