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["Scott Weber and Muffy Barrett" <bluestem_farm@juno.com>]

I've seen hummers visit our Iowa crabs (Malus ioensis), but haven't noticed if they come to the domestic apples much, or the others that you asked about.  I suspect that they hit them up occasionally but aren't particularly major pollinators.  The flowers aren't built right for our ruby-throats to move the pollen around them very well.

Muffy Barrett

Wisconsin

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Do hummingbirds, typically, pollinate these Rosaceae pomes:

Apple, hawthorn, serviceberry/Juneberry, cherry, and/or plum (non-ornamental Prunus spp.)?

I've seen very few photos of this; I wonder if they try to extract nectar but then just end up moving on?  I figured this would be the best place to find out - since many here have orchards with plenty of these in it and would therefore know.

Thanks,
Steve

New Jersey
USDA zone 6b/7a

 

 

 

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