Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Tangerine growers tell beekeepers to buzz off

Because "Tangerines and other normally seedless mandarins do not need bees to move pollen from the male to female parts of the flower in the process known as pollination. But if bees cross-pollinate the crop with the pollen of other fruit, mandarins develop undesirable seeds (From AP)"

HT: Resilience Science

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