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Re: Spring pollen collection
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Geoff Manning <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 5 Apr 2015 14:29:22 +1000
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On 3/04/2015 10:38 AM, Peter Loring Borst wrote:
> Hi all
>
>   There was a lot of pushback, people were stating that ash is a wind pollinated tree, bees don't collect ash pollen, etc.

Was the logic that they don't collect the pollen because the tree is 
wind pollinated, or there was some observation(s) that bees did not 
collect pollen from this particular sp.?

Hereabouts bees collect pollen from many wind pollinated plants. The 
quality goes from worse than nothing to excellent.

Geoff Manning

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