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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: Joelel on September 20, 2009, 10:47:58 PM

Title: Ragweed
Post by: Joelel on September 20, 2009, 10:47:58 PM
Do bees get pollen and nectar from ragweed ?
Title: Re: Ragweed
Post by: AR Beekeeper on September 21, 2009, 01:26:01 PM
My opinion is that here in Arkansas it is pollen only. 
Title: Re: Ragweed
Post by: Scadsobees on September 21, 2009, 01:32:24 PM
Do you see bees on it?  It is wind pollinated, which is one reason that it causes hayfever.  Wind pollinated plants don't need nectar to attract the bugs.
Title: Re: Ragweed
Post by: Joelel on September 21, 2009, 10:20:17 PM
Quote from: Scadsobees on September 21, 2009, 01:32:24 PM
Do you see bees on it?  It is wind pollinated, which is one reason that it causes hayfever.  Wind pollinated plants don't need nectar to attract the bugs.

I don't see bees in my garden neither,I have a little of everything in it.Guess there is something else around they like better.
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