In a message dated 96-06-07 08:25:26 EDT, Kelley Rosenlund                      
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>I just read in A.I. Root's "Honey Plants of the US" that peanut plants are a   
>honey crop.                                                                    
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>Does anyone have experience with this?                                         
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>Is this a crop that requires a lot of pesticides?                              
                                                                                
   Kelly, I have never seen a bee on a peanut blossom.  I believe it is one     
of the few plants that actually self pollinate. (Oftentimes plants are          
claimed to be self-pollinating, when they really mean self-fertile.)            
                                                                                
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