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Message From Pat
Dear Reader: This site contains more than one thousand answers to garden questions on a wide range of subjects common to Mediterranean climates. Among them, we hope you find the answer to your question. Please take this opportunity to share your experiences,...
Pollinating by Hand
Q: I’m a writer for a small newspaper in San Diego and in reading one of your books on month to month organic gardening in Southern California, I was interested by your idea on hand pollinating fruit tress due to lack of bee activity. I’m...
Why Did I Get So Few Melons? (Pollination of Melon Plants, by Hand or By Bees)
Question from Andy: I live in an interior climate zone of Southern California. Last year I planted watermelons but I only got one melon per plant. The melons I got were great, but why did I get so few? Answer from Pat: Dear Andy: You are not the only...
Mason Bees
Question from Tandy: I have just happly become aware of your web site. I live in North San Diego County. What do you know about mason bees. Are they worth getting for pollination? Answer from Pat: Yes it certainly is worthwhile encouraging mason bees,...
More Bees
Question from Alice: Today I was at the Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks, Ca. I was eating out side together with lots of people. When I saw a Bee Professional spraying a Hive from the side walk, way up high on a tree. I thought it was yellow jackets, but...
Bee Bows
Question from Rebecca: In one of your youtube videos about hand pollenating squash blossoms you showed something you called bee bow? I’ve googled it trying to find it and can’t find it anywhere on the web. Is that the correct name? And do...
What to do if you find a bee swarm
Question From Jeanne: I live in East County (La Mesa)…a swarm has settled on my screen door…they have been there all day…a bee keeper removal said they may leave @ dusk. They are still around. I did not know any of the above info....
What to Do if You Find a Bee Swarm
A year or two ago in spring I encountered a bee swarm in my garden. They had been living in an owl house high up in one of my trees, but in spring a large number of them swarmed. Bees proliferate at a rapid rate, thus occasionally a swarm of them congregate...
Please Help Save the Bees Pt 2
Last month I discussed the threat to bees from the commonly used pesticide Spinosad that despite its OMRI label of approval, is highly toxic to bees. Now we get to the worst health problem facing bees: CCD or Colony Collapse Disorder, a worldwide sickness...
