At 01:49 PM 10/26/05 -0400, you wrote:
>Those who are talking of blueberry bushes in their back yards are most
>likely talking highbush blueberries.  The blueberries in Maine are
>lowbush blueberries.  They both produce blue berries, but the lowbush

By and large you are correct, when people talk about Maine blueberries,
they mean low bush but we also have wild high bush blueberries (in lesser
numbers) growing in bogs and around lakes, they are on average 4-6' tall
with somewhat larger berries than the low bush variety. Still, they're
pretty tasty, comparable to low bush berries. It's the large cultivated
ones that people have in their yards that taste kinda washed out in
comparison- like the ones you buy in stores :)

Years ago we used to be in the blueberry business and still have some acres
of wild blueberries growing. Honey bees will pollinate them if they have
to. Bumblebees are much happier to do so. To get honey bees to successfully
pollinate blueberries, the growers typically put in 2-3 hives per acre.
With that many bees and not much else to forage on, they do a passable job.

George-

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