International Bee Research wrote:
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> URGENT REQUEST FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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> IBRA is looking for evidence of reduced fruit yields attributable to
> reduced levels of pollination. Can you help or do you know of someone
> who has suffereed from this problem?
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Last summers watermelon crop devastated by lack of bees. Vines grew very
well but fruit was rare. Fruit that did grow had no flavor.