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Subject:	Re: Japanese Knotweed
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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:33:39 +0000
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Mike wrote: " It seems to me that there  currently are plenty of nectar and pollen producing plants available that either are native or non-invasive that could be propagated by the beekeeper without having to resort to introducing new species that might fall within the category of being invasive."
The beekeeper doesn't need to propagate nectar and pollen producing plants: the bees do it! When I started beekeeping 40 years ago there was a horse paddock next to my hive.  It had a light scattering of wild white clover. Within a couple of years it was smothered with clover!

Chris

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