Can honeybees pollinate self-fertile pears? Tomatoes are seld-fertile but honeybees are unable for the.most part - bumblebees are required. Tomatoes, I understand, have 3 sets of genes and may occasionally revert to a different set.
5 miles for a honeybee is possible, but most gain is lost around 4 miles. They use up almost all they collect. While they instinctually do not over forage too close to home, (wasted trips to over-foraged flowers,) a mile is a preferred maximum, give or take, when possible.
BillSF9c
- near San Francisco, USDA 10a
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