So last year wasn't a very productive year for me. Sure I had apples & pomegranates, but the crops I wanted to grow (corn, tomatoes, & eggplant), didn't produce as much fruit as I thought.
Like the tomato plants I grew in years prior grew almost as tall as me (6'), and as wide as I am tall. And I would het hundreds of pounds of tomatoes per year. But last year I didn't nearly as many tomatoes, and the branches were really skinny compared to the trunks of the one from two years ago. I don't know what's going on with the plant this year, but I have a hunch on what is going on with the fruit. Bees...
This year I have barely seen these yellow buzzers around my flowers. In years past, I would plant my crops and by May, I would have swarms of honey bees come in and pollinate the plants. Then when it gets cold around here, about Late-October, would just leave and go back to their hive to hibernate. Last year I haven't seen them come in like that. This is starting to make me think one of two things:
1) A hive has been killed near me.
2) A hive is/has dying/died from CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder)
So I'm curious about what you guys think the answer is. Leave a comment about that and stay tuned for more bee-talk.
Like the tomato plants I grew in years prior grew almost as tall as me (6'), and as wide as I am tall. And I would het hundreds of pounds of tomatoes per year. But last year I didn't nearly as many tomatoes, and the branches were really skinny compared to the trunks of the one from two years ago. I don't know what's going on with the plant this year, but I have a hunch on what is going on with the fruit. Bees...
This year I have barely seen these yellow buzzers around my flowers. In years past, I would plant my crops and by May, I would have swarms of honey bees come in and pollinate the plants. Then when it gets cold around here, about Late-October, would just leave and go back to their hive to hibernate. Last year I haven't seen them come in like that. This is starting to make me think one of two things:
1) A hive has been killed near me.
2) A hive is/has dying/died from CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder)
So I'm curious about what you guys think the answer is. Leave a comment about that and stay tuned for more bee-talk.
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