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To: fwdude
I suspect that many gardeners consider any bug to be a bad bug and then start “spraying.”

Not me. I wish I knew the dance I could do to communicate to the bees in my front yard flowers that there are blooming cherry trees in the back yard that need pollinating.

6 posted on 04/28/2012 7:18:10 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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To: sportutegrl
Oh, the bees certainly know that the cherry blossoms are there, but they will go to what they prefer first. Not all nectar and pollen is created equal.

My bees didn't touch my wisteria, they left that to the bumblebees and others, yet they covered the holly when it bloomed, which the larger bees didn't touch. Honey bees don't work red clover at all, but are all over the white and yellow clovers.

15 posted on 04/28/2012 11:53:02 AM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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