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John Burgess <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 23 Jul 1999 19:49:54 +0100
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David asked:
> . Do bees work jojoba?
> Do bees work plants and trees that are wind pollinated?

I don't know about jojoba, but bees have been shown to work maize for
pollen, which is normally assumed to be wind-pollinated. This has given rise
to some concern about field trials of GM maize, which have been surrounded
by a safety zone of only a few metres, in the belief that bees would not
transfer pollen outside the trial field.

John Burgess, Editor Gwenynwyr Cymru/The Welsh Beekeeper
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