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From: "Joel N. Swink" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:53 AM
Subject: [BEE-L] blueberries

A blueberry grower has just indicated to me that he has never seen so many
honeybees working his bushes. I thought about this for a few minutes and
came to the following supposition. We have had about a 1-1/2 weeks of rain,
high winds and 40 deg. weather. My observation is that almost all
nectar/pollen sources have been either blown or washed out. The structure of
the blueberry blossom is such that it could quite well avoid much of these
invironmental conditions thus being about the only source available. What
say you botanists?

Alden Marshall
Hudson, NH  03051

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