tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22777475.post3442488131730904143..comments2024-03-28T08:42:27.454+00:00Comments on thequacksoflife: BeesThe Quacks of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165918541194607143noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22777475.post-42613059210667788592008-10-21T20:49:00.000+01:002008-10-21T20:49:00.000+01:00This is tragic! I keep a good part of my property...This is tragic! I keep a good part of my property wild for bees and butterflies, etc. and grow plants specifically for them, but as diddums says, it's just a drop in the ocean.oldcrow61https://www.blogger.com/profile/08037896874383359258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22777475.post-7542868289980848252008-10-21T18:19:00.000+01:002008-10-21T18:19:00.000+01:00'Tis frightening indeed when considering the conse...'Tis frightening indeed when considering the consequences of a lack of bees and I'm aware there's been much publicized about this dilemma recently.<BR/><BR/>In fact there's a farmer (in the Cotswolds) who is blaming his lack of Corguettes on the lack of bees due to (in his opinion) the poor summer weather keeping the bees grounded.<BR/><BR/>A life without honey - dreadful! A life without bees - doesn't bear thinking about - for all reasons!Tricia Ryderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05010432313312804286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22777475.post-64466177645571551952008-10-21T17:39:00.000+01:002008-10-21T17:39:00.000+01:00I've noticed a dramatic drop over the past couple ...I've noticed a dramatic drop over the past couple of years in the number of bees visiting my garden. <BR/><BR/>I was wondering why the courgettes were doing so badly, till a friend pointed out that there weren't any bees pollinating them. So I had a crash course in how to sex a courgette and I did it myself. An interesting operation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22777475.post-80763645828082144022008-10-21T16:01:00.000+01:002008-10-21T16:01:00.000+01:00Um... potatoes and tomatoes are (mostly) self-poll...Um... potatoes and tomatoes are (mostly) self-pollinating. No insects required (although with greenhouse tomatoes that aren't visited by insects it helps if you tap the stems a little to vibrate the flowers and help the pollen fall on to the female flower bit that I momentarily can't remember the name of).<BR/><BR/>And with potatoes, it's very rare that you get fruit forming. Potatoes are almost exclusively propagated vegetatively, using "seed" potatoes. My potatoes flowered this year (no fruits though) but didn't seem to be of any interest to the insects, including the millions of bumble bees buzzing round all summer.Robbiegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528997485488258141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22777475.post-54743203330547594942008-10-21T15:57:00.000+01:002008-10-21T15:57:00.000+01:00:-(Mum keeps a part of her lawn unmowed and wild, ...:-(<BR/><BR/>Mum keeps a part of her lawn unmowed and wild, especially for the bees and butterflies. Just a drop in the ocean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com