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Re: Do bees pollinate blueberries?
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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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Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:41:50 +1000
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Karen Thurlow, 
> Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Do bees pollinate blueberries?
> 
> Maine is the largest producer of wild blueberries in the world, wild
> blueberries are grown on 44,000 acres. In 2015 around 83,000 hives came
> into Maine to pollinate. The wild blueberry has a smaller flower so honey
> bees can pollinate them. High bush blueberries have a larger flower so are
> not often pollinated by honeybees. 

Can you expand this size difference please?  One would expect a larger
flower to be more accessible to honey bees.

Geoff Manning

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