Kenna MacKenzie writes:
 
> I would appreciate help in solving a bit of a puzzle regarding
> blossom damage to highbush blueberry.  Last week I received a
> call from a grower who had noticed that honey bees were foraging
> from holes near the base of the corolla.
 
I've often seen this on runner bean flowers, with honey bees gaining
access to the nectar through small neat holes.  The holes could well
have been made by bumble bees - we have plenty of them here (SE England)
- but I've never seen them, or any other creatures, doing it.
It doesn't seem to harm the development of the beans.
 
--
Malcolm Roe                            Phone  :  +44 442 230000 ext 4104
Crosfield Electronics Ltd              Fax    :  +44 442 232301
Hemel Hempstead, Herts. HP2 7RH, UK    E-mail :  [log in to unmask]
------------------------------------------------------------------------