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Gardening

dixiegrrrrl

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3. My cucumbers are not pollinating...

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 08:38 PM

Jul 2013

I have seen ZERO bees this year, even in the spring...with the exception of maybe 10 mason bees.
2 fruit trees up and died this week, their leaves went from green to brown in 48 hours, altho they had been watered sufficiently.
Starting to wonder what is in the air/rain.

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After 20+ years, I guess we're done with vegetable gardening [View all] IDemo Jul 2013 OP

are the bees dying near you? hollysmom Jul 2013 #1

The neighbors may well have their portraits adorning the Bayer boardroom IDemo Jul 2013 #4

That is so sad LiberalEsto Jul 2013 #2

In Boise, Idaho IDemo Jul 2013 #5

My cucumbers are not pollinating... dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #3

sad news...the heat is the culprit for lack of tomatoes most likely - NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #6

Lots of bumble bees near me. NutmegYankee Jul 2013 #7

How do you differentiate the male flowers on cukes? NutmegYankee Jul 2013 #12

males have no tiny cukes at their case - females do. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2013 #13

I'm sorry about your garden. CrispyQ Jul 2013 #8

24 years here and I'm over it too. This spring my partner had a garden.... Rowdyboy Jul 2013 #9

EZ fix .... don't worry about honeybees and work on the native pollinators Botany Jul 2013 #10

I'm ammazed at how many bumblebees I have around the garden. NutmegYankee Jul 2013 #11

I have bumblebees, leaf cutter bees, sweat bees, along with many good types of flies, Botany Jul 2013 #14

I saw two bees and two wasps all season. That's it. No butterflies glinda Jul 2013 #15

We have bumblebees Aerows Jul 2013 #16