Brian Fredericksen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I found this excerpt interesting....
asparagus, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, celery and onions? really?
I think the above were listed not for the food production they represent but for the seed production of these products.
grapes, soybeans and sugar beets?
I think there have been several papers written concerning the increase in soybean production with the aid of honey bee pollination. Not that soybeans need honeybee pollination to produce a crop, but that crop production is increased with supplemental pollination efforts.
Mike in LA
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