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Old 09-18-2010, 11:11 PM   #223 (permalink)
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Default Re: passion flower / fruit

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Originally Posted by saltydad View Post
BTW, has anyone else noticed this? The large black and yellow bumblebees love the passion flowers. It even appears that they crawl in amongst the pollen and sleep, and I have had difficulty awakening them by shaking the vine. As if they were drugged!
Howard after reading Tony's referenced article about the many medicinal/pharmecutical uses of the passion plant/fruit, it's no wonder your bees drift off to lala land after visiting your passion flowers! Now if only the grasshoppers in my yard went to sleep before they consumed portions of my Monika's flowers!
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