To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Arkansas Black - hornets?
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:54:40 -0400
Lucky Pittman wrote:
> I've got one in the orchard, but doubt that I'll ever taste a fruit off of
> it - the big yellow & brown-striped hornets eat them long before they're
> ripe. <snip>
Hi Lucky,
Just out of curiosity... I assume the hornets have a number of apple choices
in your orchard. Do
the hornets prefer the Arkansa Black or attack all apples equally? If there
is a "preference" in
apples, do we know what causes it?