<Still plenty of fruits and vegetables, just not as good looking> In the case of Kiwifruit, less bees equals less bee visits to the flowers moving pollen equals a reduction in size of fruit, or to put it positively the increase in the number of bee visits to a flower increases the amount of pollen to the flower, increasing the amount of seeding which increases the fruit size. I also understand the kiwifruit seeds offer small amounts of omega 3 fats. So the more seeds....... Fiona O'Brien New Zealand *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html