Hi, Peter --
I've never been a cotton farmer. I have trouble understanding how nectar
(in the blossoms?) could interfere with picking cotton. Please explain, if
you would.
Walter Weller
>The growers preferred the honey free types because the nectar tending to
>interfere with cotton harvesting. They kept quiet about the switch because
>they didn't want >the beekeepers to make a big stink about the loss of the
>honey production. By the time the beekeepers realized what had happened, it
>was too late to do anything about >it.
>PLB
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