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Nectar/per flower i´d assume is like an hourly wage. Unless the bees
are lazy they are already taking advantage of the maximum flight time
and are visiting the maximum flowers/h. One cultivar is giving them
7$/h and the other 15$/h for their troubles. After a (half) days work
the group working the 15$/h cultivar will have more in the bank or
super. (200 instead of 50?)
I don´t know Kota, but a plausibility check can be done if you know
the details: is it tetraploid or duploid? (Tetraploid > duploid). Is
it common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) pollinator dependent or is
it self-pollinating Fagopyrum tataricum (easier for the farmer, worse
for the bees)
Weather I find a lot more plausible. Buckwheat is sensitive to
drought/wind, so maybe the temperature range/rainfall in the summer
month have changed as well?
In the end I have no way of knowing for certain that your theory isn't
true, but having seen the damage of acid rain in the german forests, I
have trouble picturing it. The damage I would assume far outweigh any
benefit that a possible micronutrient supplementation could have done.
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