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Human beings have kept bees for thousands of years. We have
come to depend upon the delightful foods the honey bee offers as
well as the magnificant work they perform. Orchards depend upon
bees and hire a beekeepers hives for pollination during the
blossoming season. Seed-savers require full time pollination to
ensure viable seed is produced and often keep their own bees for
this purpose.
In order to attract neighboring honey bees to your garden,
keep several of their favorite nectar sources growing nearby. A
few tree sources are maples, tulip poplars, sourwoods and citrus.
Of the smaller plants, honey bees like white clover, dandelion and
asters to name only a few.
For the best of pollination potential, it is recommended for
that the serious organic gardener consider keeping his/her own
bees. Keeping bees is an endeavour which requires some education
beforehand, but the majority of the learning must be the result of
experience.
Bumble bees are another significant pollinator. They are
encouraged by many flowering plants and housing can be built for
them to ensure their presence in the garden. `
Well pollinated blossoms will result in fully developed
fruits. When pollinated favorably, fruits are large and filled
with viable seeds, but without adequate pollination, the same
fruit will be small, shriveled or nonexistant and lacking in the
seeds to perpetuate its lineage. This natural cross pollination is
also the natural way to strengthen the genetic material of the
subsequent plant generations while simultaneously creating great
diversity and variety in the plant kingdom. |
