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Bees and Melons
The MelonMan has a hive and shows the bees on their front porch. Tina shows us progress with the latest from the patch. And a few friends send in pictures.
By Bob Dwyer
July 21, 2002
 You know when the temperatures go up here in the Heartland by the honeybees gathering outside their hive!
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 It's remarkable how they fan their wings to maintain a constant temperature inside their home.
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 We have a cantaloupe growing on the north side of the melon patch that's getting quite large. Yum!
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 Tina starts measuring the melons we have set to monitor their rapid development. They are gaining approx. 3 pounds a day right now......wow!
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 Nitro!!!! a melon patch nightmare!!!!
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 Larry Donchin shows our readers a Stars & Stripes watermelon. He also recommends a variety called Gold Strike that has orange flesh and matures in 80 days. Thanks for the info Larry.
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 Reader Jeff Kiser from South Carolina sent us this interesting picture of a double ovary found in his patch earlier this season. Mother-Nature can produce some strange oddities. |
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Click on a picture to see it full-sized.
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