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<pre>Hello Brian

We put the bees in our orchard to support pollination. According to our bee
keeper, the Californian Olive growers are using the bees very successfully.
(I don't think the success can be measured.)

The Leccinos were flowering 2 weeks later than the other varieties.
Can cool nights have an impact on pollination???

Cheers

Rita Henggeler
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Subject: [OliveOil] shotberries


> What were the bees for? Olives are wind pollinated. The hot wind may
> have had something to do with it but young trees are very erratic in
> their fruit set. Do the Italian, Israeli, and Spanish varieties you
> mention flower at the same time and cross?
>
> Cheers Brian Chatterton.
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<pre>What were the bees for? Olives are wind pollinated. The hot wind may
have had something to do with it but young trees are very erratic in
their fruit set. Do the Italian, Israeli, and Spanish varieties you
mention flower at the same time and cross?

Cheers Brian Chatterton.
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<pre>I don't think cool night would have any effect. At least they don't
here as we are in the hills/mountains at 550 m and have cool nights most
of the year except mid summer and we get excellent fruit set
particularly this year. I repeat that young trees are unreliable.

Here we grow local varieties that cross pollinate easily. Australia has
selected many obscure varieties such as Barnea and Mission from fringe
oil producing
areas and the pollination picture between them is still unclear - at
least in NZ they have
not sorted it completely for Barnea.

Wind pollination is the most important and hence the need to space
the trees. I know of one grower in Waikerie in South Australia who
planted his three varieties in three blocks and has found that
pollination is only good on the margins between the blocks. Have you
place your trees
within the recommended 60 m range? The Australian Olive Grower is
running our article on pollination soon.

Cheers Brian Chatterton
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