Bees don’t pollinate corn, but they do like the tassels which I assume is them going after the pollen itself for food.
Valpal1 ~:”Corn is wind pollinated. Honey bees have no interest in corn whatsoever.
The idea that Bt corn is killing bees is scientifically and common sensically stupid. “
Black Agnes ~:”Ain’t never seen a wild cornfield have sex with a bacterium.”
Free Vulcan ~:” Bees don’t pollinate corn, but they do like the tassels which I assume is them going after the pollen itself for food.
Bees will visit corn tasseling , for the pollen.
I had , back in the day , 9 hives of “3 Banded , Italian “ bees .
The bees honey did get contaminated when they brought back pollen from adjoining corn tassels. Specificly : ‘(Encapsulated) Pericap M ‘ ~ an insecticide
So yes , they will visit and bring what they think is pollen (encapsulated Preicap M ) which is then fed to the larva , and the hive dies out .
And the honey was contaminated during extraction, and had to be dumped .
The next year , the hives died out with European foulbrood,and had to be burned out by the bee inspector.
I haven’t had bees since then. The average investment in each hive is about $175 - $250 for each hive , not to mention periperal equipment.