Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Honeybees A female watermelon flower will need around 500-1000 pollen grains to be fertilized effectively. This will require a minimum of 8 visits by a honeybee for seeded watermelons. In seedless watermelon… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Strawberry Strawberries are aggregate fruits. They have multiple ovules per receptacle where the fruit is formed. The strawberry receptacle may have up to 500 ovules per berry. You will see these as… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist; owensd@udel.edu and Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Honeybees are used extensively to ensure adequate pollination for vine crop vegetables (cucurbits) and for many fruit crops (apples, berries, etc.). Without good pollination, poor fruit… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu A female watermelon flower will need around 500-1000 pollen grains to be fertilized effectively. This will require a minimum of 8 visits by a honey bee for seeded watermelons. In seedless watermelon… Continue Reading
Delaware Beekeepers Association’s Open Hive Event Saturday, September 23, 2017 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Delaware State University Outreach and Research Center 884 Smyrna-Leipsic Road Smyrna, DE 19977 Please join us for educational lectures, demonstrations and a first-hand look inside… Continue Reading
