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Re: Japanese Knotweed
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Aaron Morris <[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, 7 Mar 2019 14:28:09 -0500
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On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 2:18 PM James Fischer <[log in to unmask]>
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> ... If seeds are rarely created, why produce nectar at all?
> Where's the payoff for the plant?
>

Ask the same question of purple loosestrife, which propagates by both
prodigious seed AND aggressive rhizomes. Where is it written there must be
a payoff for the plant? Some New York State document? Sometimes nature is
belt and suspenders.

Aaron Morris - thinking porcine wrestling.

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