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To: DoughtyOne

Not that anybody on this thread cares, but wheat is self pollinating; it requires neither bees nor wind.


199 posted on 05/31/2013 8:40:08 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Mr. Lucky

Which, like corn, doesn’t mean that bees aren’t there.

Corn doesn’t require anything but wind to pollinate. But I double dog dare you to visit my corn patch in mid morning during tasseling. Bonus points if you have a bee sting allergy. It looks like a hitchcock movie. Only with bees.

Tomatoes and peppers don’t need bees either. My tomatoes and peppers both are visited regularly by bees.

YMMV.


200 posted on 05/31/2013 8:42:59 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Mr. Lucky

Oh, oh, Monsanto mission control, we have a problem!


202 posted on 05/31/2013 8:44:42 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Funny thing happened on the way to the Constitution burning, Lefties rights were violated...)
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To: Mr. Lucky

Thanks.


203 posted on 05/31/2013 8:44:57 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Funny thing happened on the way to the Constitution burning, Lefties rights were violated...)
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To: Mr. Lucky
Not that anybody on this thread cares, but wheat is self pollinating; it requires neither bees nor wind.

In other words, it's cleistogamous. The problem is that it produces pollen anyway that infects target species.

206 posted on 05/31/2013 10:00:00 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (An economy is not a zero-sum game, but politics usually is.)
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