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Article: Cool weather in Minnesota slows honey production.
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- Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
- Article date:
- September 3, 2004
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Byline: Lee Egerstrom
Sep. 3--If Minnesota's honeybees seem a little dazed and confused this year, blame it on the weather.
The summer-long cool weather threatening other crops in the Upper Midwest also may put a little sting into the state's honey production. That's because bees are less active when temperatures are cool, said Mark Ascerno, head of the entomology department at the University of Minnesota.
In addition, the blossoms of trees and other plants that provide the pollen and nectar that attract bees in the first step of making honey, were delayed through the past growing season -- often by two to four weeks, he said.
That ...