Bees, HELP, Green Thumbs

[Chichiguita]

Just notice I hit my 100th post!

What? no fanfair...no parade...Not even a freakin' kazoo band???

I'm very dissapointed...

[donluis99]

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

Try to contact PIB via a PM on this board. Her family has thousands of hives. Maybe you can buy one/rent one??

Also, at the Feria Ganadera, I was told that they have bee hives there. You can check.

HB

HB thanks, I know the Feria Ganaderia, did not know they have bee hives there, will investigate.

Also PIB, what HB suggests, can it be done, move a hive and the bees stay, I am not sure that my place is not large enough to maintain a hive and there needs, it’s a big garden but not commercial.

Also I do not know of anything alrededor that would supplement enough.

I am at the edge of a bosque, in years past there were bees, plenty, is there any native flower that I can buy that is mature that will help attract them?

I know butterflies pollinate, but I think mostly flowers ornamental types, maybe some fruit types not vegetable flowers that I know of.

Well hummingbirds, they are here, and some big ones, actually here in the DR I seen my first Hummingbird, I definitely thing that is reaching that they pollinate or consume nector from this type of flower.

[mariaobetsanov]

Have you got a small brush and hand polinate your plants, be careful cross polination of pepers can lead to hot pepers. Wash and dry brush. Pincel or pinceles, if you cloose to keep separe for different plants. or q-tips will do. this seems the safe way. gentleness is all it take. Try finding bee-keepers that already here. To inport anything from statewide you need permits from dept. of agriculture, and time.