Well, not really. Deborah dealt to my botanical puzzle too easily, so I'm challenging her to 'name the variety' but identifying this hip's made more difficult by the damage done by birds. I didn't know they ate rosehips (but now I do!)
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Deborah's dilemma
Well, not really. Deborah dealt to my botanical puzzle too easily, so I'm challenging her to 'name the variety' but identifying this hip's made more difficult by the damage done by birds. I didn't know they ate rosehips (but now I do!)
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Oh no! You've beaten me now. I don't think I would be able to name the variety at all. There are quite a few which have beautiful hips, and now that autumn is in the air it is time to let the last roses go to seed, so that the red glow of hips cheers up the cooler days.
My mother has been known to make rosehip jelly. Just to show that she could.
Nor I Deborah, but there is a huge variety of types, sizes, colours and shapes. The rugosas seem to have the most generously proportioned hips. I made rose hip syrup this time last year and it was really good.
Regarding your gravatar - it's a bee-broach? Nice. I talked with an apiarist today, at the farmers' market and the news about varroa isn't good for the southern beekeepers. I worry for the clovers down here when the mite destroys the wild hives and it becomes uneconomic for the apiarists to continue just for the sake of honey, where in the north they can make their money from pollinating crops like kiwifruit and avocado.
It's a Cretan brooch, of a bee. I got the image from WikiMedia Commons. A bee for 'Deborah' which means 'bee'. I've decided to embrace my inner sting.
I thought it was the apiarists that killed the wild hives. Does the mite really kill all wild bees? I'd expect wild bees to have better resistance, and I'm betting that habitat has something to do with that.
That's just what I thought wildcrafty - I was banking on my tough little blackies being able to fight it off, but he told me no, they'll be gone in two years. Apparently, the mites jumped species and took the honey-bees unawares and they've got nothing to respond with. There are resirtant bees but as soon as they cross-breed, they lose their advantage. It's not good news at all. Thank goodness for bumbles and the natives, plus the flies.
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