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<pre>I am told by a good apiarist that because the olive flower predominately hangs
down that the bees in NZ and he thought Australia too is that the bees generally
will only pollinate flowers that are upright and that in Europe there is a small
bee that will hang upside down and is able to pollinate.
The name of that bee escapes me at this time. I do no it is banned from NZ.
He did some research on this and that this is correct.
That is why wind because of it's swirling action is best for pollination but not
to strong a wind. Hence the more mature the tree the greater the chance of the
swirling action and better pollination.
RON WATTAM

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