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Re: What makes pollen attractive to honey bees?
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Anne Bennett <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 18 Jul 2018 23:06:08 -0400
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Richard Cryberg comments about St John's wort:

> When it is in bloom there is close to one honey bee per open flower
> from early morning until evening.  So many bees that most have hardly
> any pollen in their baskets.  This flower has no odor I can detect.
> As far as I can tell it yields no nectar.  Yet, the bees go nuts
> over the stuff.

It's an anti-depressant.  ;-)


Anne, backyard beekeeper, Montreal.

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