>deknow: 1. Anyone ever hear of hanging raw chicken in a tree to attract pollinating flies?
My husband and I work in the horticultural (tree fruits and berries) sector in New Zealand, where managed (and paid) bee pollination is the norm. However, last year Kev spent some time with a grower/marketer from Australia, where paid pollination is apparently not usual, and he described as a common practice growers collecting roadkill and spreading the carcasses throughout blocks to attract flies for pollination.
I've no other verification, but the guy was certainly inside the industry and I can't think of a reason to doubt the story.
regards
Deanna Corbett
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
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