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All-TigerNet [11063]
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Liberals have invaded the honeybee population.
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Jul 25, 2023, 9:43 AM
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Just like NASCAR and now college football.
Honeybees are no longer willing to just show up and pollinate your beans, corn, squash, watermelons, cukes, tomatoes, etc. You have to attract them with sunflowers, perennials, petunias, etc.
Honeybees have gone NIL!
The sight of flowers growing in the vegetable garden would send my father to his grave if he wasn't already there.
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Re: Liberals have invaded the honeybee population.
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Jul 25, 2023, 9:49 AM
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My father used to plant marigolds around outside of the garden, supposed to repel the unwanted bugs. I know he really made sure he had them on ends of tomato rows and he grew great tomatoes.
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All-In [26040]
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Re: Liberals have invaded the honeybee population.
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Jul 25, 2023, 10:10 AM
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Totally agree. I have very little fruit in my garden because there are no bees. Also, the butterflies have disappeared too.
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Re: Liberals have invaded the honeybee population.
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Jul 25, 2023, 10:11 AM
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Do you live near Chernobyl?
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Re: Liberals have invaded the honeybee population.
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Jul 25, 2023, 10:13 AM
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Get your little paint brushes out and pollenate the flowers. Works like a champ. I grow tomatoes on my screenporch and I have to self pollenate since no bugs get in screen room.
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Re: Liberals have invaded the honeybee population.
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Jul 25, 2023, 10:16 AM
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Hmm as busy as a bee you are….
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Re: Liberals have invaded the honeybee population.
Jul 27, 2023, 3:34 PM
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I don't have any problem getting my trees pollinated. Plant the correct species in the correct order and the wind pollinate. Do not need the bees.
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Heisman Winner [108390]
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If the birds & bees are entitled, ain't no juan get'n any for free...***
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Jul 25, 2023, 10:12 AM
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No good can come of that...
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Re: If the birds & bees are entitled, ain't no juan get'n any for free...***
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Jul 25, 2023, 12:53 PM
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Ready for the children's book - The Birds and the Bees According to DSP
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Re: Liberals have invaded the honeybee population.
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Jul 25, 2023, 10:46 AM
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It's almost like having pesticides sprayed over everything in the world has effected the be population and is bad for business. I don't know though. I'll need to do my own research...
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Re: Liberals have invaded the honeybee population.
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Jul 25, 2023, 11:22 AM
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Yeah, my neighborhood is full of entitled imbeciles who hire these mosquito companies to spray their entire property and kill everything because they're too lazy to put on citronella oil. I have a couple citronella plants on each of our decks, and have a bottle nearby, and I have no problems with mosquitoes. These clowns don't know or don't care the chemicals kill pollinators as well as mosquitoes
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Re: Liberals have invaded the honeybee population.
Jul 27, 2023, 3:39 PM
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Well, my did is allergic to all stinging bees. He will go into anaphylactic shock if stung. If bees come on my property, they end up dead. I still have a great garden, great pecan orchard, and great fruit trees. The only bees I see are dead ones. My jack ### neighbor put out a bunch of honey bee boxes knowing my son is allergic. His bees all die pretty regular.
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Rub a little dung on the blooms and flys will do business.***
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Jul 25, 2023, 11:37 AM
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OK, now I can add another thing to the list of why I don't
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Jul 25, 2023, 1:02 PM
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grow flowers.
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Re: OK, now I can add another thing to the list of why I don't
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Jul 25, 2023, 1:19 PM
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Thanks for the info on paint brush pollinating. I'll certainly try that next year.
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petunias dont work worth a doodoo. sunflowers are too ugly
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Jul 25, 2023, 1:58 PM
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and messy. I'm still trying to find out what works in my yard.
i can't keep pollinating these things manually. I;m too old and can't keep it up. Gotta try some of that Frank Thomas stuff. maybe that will help.
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Re: petunias dont work worth a doodoo. sunflowers are too ugly
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Jul 25, 2023, 2:48 PM
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All that paint brushing is a young man's game. There's a point in life where you just want to show up for the main event.
Oughta be entitled to some proper pollination without prompting it.
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Had a 20 min conversation with a beekeeper at the farmers market
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Jul 25, 2023, 8:04 PM
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This past weekend. Sound like open ports issue with all the stowaway harmful insects in and around containers not helping.
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