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Topic: Bee Visits - interesting facts about bee pollination
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PlutoSurvivor
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posted May 26, 2015 10:21 AM
  
Did you know... ... In China's Sechuan Province, farmers climb ladders and pollinate apple blossoms by hand. Reason: too many pesticides, no wild bees. Beekeepers refuse to bring in hives because of the excessive pesticide use. ... Honeybees are not native to the US. Our fruit production doubles with native bee pollinators compared to European honeybees. Maine has 270 native bee species but they ship in more than 20,000 honeybee Hives because there is not enough agriculture to sustain native bees year round. ... If you cut an apple in half and there are TWO seeds inside each point of the 5-point star then you know the apple was COMPLETELY pollinated by bees. Otherwise, not enough pollen reached the apple and as a result the fruit will look lopsided and small. ... The head of a sunflower has hundreds of individual flowers that each need a bee visit in order to produce a seed. That's hundreds of bee visits or no sunflower seeds. Be aware that there are pollen-less varieties of sunflowers to avoid. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted May 27, 2015 04:42 PM
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MoonWitch
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posted May 28, 2015 11:34 PM
So cool!We are getting our first hive next spring. Should be interesting.
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Randall
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posted May 29, 2015 12:47 PM
Wow!IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted May 30, 2015 11:53 AM
Honey bees?IP: Logged |
MoonWitch
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posted May 30, 2015 02:15 PM
Yes  We're getting one of the new "flow hives" http://www.honeyflow.com/shop/p/94 We'll be making lots of honey mead! IP: Logged |
PlutoSurvivor
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posted May 31, 2015 10:43 PM
MoonWitch, I'm excited for you.I wonder if I could get a box and keep native bees for pollination and forget about collecting the honey. IP: Logged |
PlutoSurvivor
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posted July 27, 2015 01:54 PM
I found out you can tie bundles of short bamboo stalks and/or wooden straws together, of varying diameters, to make a bee house. You must cut them the same length and plug them at one end, keeping the opposite ends open for the bees to enter and lay their eggs. IP: Logged |
PlutoSurvivor
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posted July 27, 2015 02:03 PM
There were bee houses displayed at the local Ag Center, Master Gardeners event. Some were very pretty. Looked like bird houses but with natural bamboo straws. They should be put up on the South side of your house just like bat houses. If you want to attract mason bees you can drill holes, 3-5 inches deep, in an untreated piece of lumber. IP: Logged |
PlutoSurvivor
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posted July 27, 2015 02:21 PM
Here's a US gov publication to get you started:
http://www.ncagr.gov/spcap/bee/documents/BuildingWildBeeHouses.pdf IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted July 28, 2015 03:15 PM
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Randall
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posted July 29, 2015 02:30 PM
All I know is that bees are flying around all over the place here in early Spring. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted July 30, 2015 02:16 PM
I know colony collapse is a big problem in many areas, though. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted July 31, 2015 04:21 PM
How goes the bee biz?IP: Logged |
mirage29
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posted August 19, 2015 02:15 PM
Well?  ... Maybe it's like this?!!    (music) The Birds & The Bees (Gary Lewis & The Playboys) [2:01] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh9IBzAJLlo IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted August 20, 2015 03:41 PM
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mirage29
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posted August 21, 2015 12:16 AM
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Randall
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posted August 22, 2015 09:14 AM
Cute bee!IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted August 23, 2015 10:20 AM
That's the bees' knees!IP: Logged |
mirage29
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posted August 24, 2015 10:16 PM
^ Where??!!  ... You got good eyesight j/k !!(music) Bees Knees! dance (Jo Hoffberg, Sharon Davis #1462) [0:25] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kJHzNq5HBE IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted August 25, 2015 09:59 AM
No, just a really big magnifying glass!IP: Logged |
mirage29
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posted August 25, 2015 05:18 PM
Let's see if they like this beat ~~ (music) Have A Good Time (detective w magnifying glass) [0:50] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B-3XTzxjuc
Oh look, Randall! I think we've got one!  
(topic) Bee on flower (Albina pe floare) (Nokia N8...) [0:21] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pAdZJl42Ig IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted August 26, 2015 09:37 AM
Good job!IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted August 27, 2015 11:39 AM
Bee-autiful!IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted August 31, 2015 11:59 AM
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