In a message dated 96-06-07 08:25:26 EDT, Kelley Rosenlund
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>I just read in A.I. Root's "Honey Plants of the US" that peanut plants are a
>honey crop.
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>Does anyone have experience with this?
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>Is this a crop that requires a lot of pesticides?
Kelly, I have never seen a bee on a peanut blossom. I believe it is one
of the few plants that actually self pollinate. (Oftentimes plants are
claimed to be self-pollinating, when they really mean self-fertile.)
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