Re: greenhouse-tomatoes: pollinators

["Black Guidry" <rjguidry@internet8.net>]

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Sent by "Black Guidry" <rjguidry@internet8.net>.
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Honey bees do not polinate tomato flowers as there is no nectar in tomato
flowers.
Bumble bees, carpenter bees and others that gather pollen would help.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "martin connaughton" <flowers@rt66.com>
To: <greenhouse-tomatoes@Lists.MsState.Edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 10:09 AM
Subject: greenhouse-tomatoes: pollinators


> greenhouse-tomatoes
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> greenhouse-tomatoes - an email list for growers of greenhouse tomatoes.
> Sent by "martin connaughton" <flowers@rt66.com>.
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> bill made agood point as to cost of bees
> i understand that only onlarge ranges isit cost effective
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> has anyone tried asking a local honey producer to use their hives??  dont
know it would work ? in winter or that the bees would get enough pollen to
survive still there may be away to make it work
> im interested because i work in devleoping nations where gh tomato
production is quite profitable despite low yields ..and of course growers
cant buy bees
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> thanks Martin
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