Re: [CH] "artificial" pollination with brush
Brent Leatherman (brent@mail.feist.com)
Sat, 29 Aug 1998 09:05:47 -0500
>If you can find one. The wild honeybee population has been decimated by a
>mite infestation. I've not seen a honeybee in over 2 years, and I've been
>looking!
>
> =Mark "Runs With Scissors" Stevens
You're absolutely correct - the actual figures that I've seen say that the
mites have taken out 90% of the wild bees, and 50% of the "domestic" bees
(those in people-maintained hives). Not a good thing at all...maybe we'll
have to all learn hand pollination to get *any* peppers...
B
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