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pi
c
k a d
ece
nt
cr
op,”
he
said. Last y
e
a
r
(2015)
w
as also a poo
r
on
e
fo
r
p
e
a
r
s
bec
a
u
s
e
, alt
h
o
u
g
h
he
h
ad a good
cr
op, it
w
as
la
r
g
e
ly d
e
st
r
oy
e
d
b
y a
h
ailsto
rm
j
u
st
be
fo
re
h
a
r
v
e
st. “2015
w
as not a good y
e
a
r
,”
he
said. “F
ru
it g
r
o
w
ing is not al
w
ays
good n
ew
s, and is all a
b
o
u
t t
hewe
at
her
.”
All t
hree
cherr
y o
rch
a
r
ds a
re
plant
e
d in alt
er
nating
b
lo
c
ks of
t
w
o
r
o
w
s of Ko
r
dia and t
w
o
r
o
w
s of r
e
gina. ro
b
rec
kons t
h
at
r
e
gina is a good pollinato
r
fo
r
Ko
r
dia. “T
he
bee
s lov
e
r
e
gina
flo
wer
s,
wh
i
ch
c
ontain lots of poll
e
n, and t
he
n t
he
y visit
Ko
r
dia.” T
he
y also
u
s
e
ot
her
pollinato
r
s in t
he
r
o
w
s, in
c
l
u
ding
Sylvia, S
ch
n
e
id
er
s, b
ur
lat, b
e
llis
e
, Vanda andm
erch
ant.
T
he
fa
m
ily
w
ants to g
r
o
w
cherr
i
e
s lik
e
appl
e
s and p
e
a
r
s,
wh
i
ch
is
wh
y t
he
t
ree
s
w
it
h
in t
he
r
o
w
a
re
plant
e
d at a spa
c
ing
of on
eme
t
re
, and 3.33
m
be
t
wee
n t
he
r
o
w
s. ro
b
says t
h
at
planting at t
he
na
rr
o
w
spa
c
ing fo
rce
s
h
i
m
to p
ru
n
e
in t
he
s
ec
ond y
e
a
r whe
n
he
s
ee
s
w
ood t
h
at is too t
h
i
c
k.
Pollination is the key
ro
b
says t
h
at it is no
rm
ally diffi
cu
lt to g
e
t
h
ig
h
yi
e
lds of
Ko
r
dia, and t
h
at pollination plays a
cruc
ial
r
ol
e
. O
ur
visit
w
as
too lat
e
to s
ee
it,
bu
t
e
a
ch
cherr
y o
rch
a
r
d is no
rm
ally
s
urr
o
u
nd
e
d
b
y a
b
o
u
t 25
h
on
e
y
bee
h
iv
e
s. Also,
bumb
l
ebee
b
ox
e
s a
re
no
rm
ally pla
ce
d in t
hem
iddl
e
of
e
a
ch
of t
he
o
rch
a
r
ds, and fo
r
t
he
fi
r
st ti
me
t
h
is s
e
ason
he
e
xp
er
i
me
nt
e
d
w
it
h
solita
r
y
bee
s. T
he
re
ason is si
m
pl
e
-
h
on
e
y
bee
s a
re
e
asily
att
r
a
c
t
e
d
b
y a poll
e
n o
r
n
ec
ta
r
so
urce
e
ls
ewhere
, and
hew
as
s
ee
king a
b
a
c
k-
u
p.
T
he
visito
r
s
were
a
b
l
e
to tak
e
a
c
los
er
look at t
he
‘
bee
h
ot
e
ls’ in
wh
i
ch
t
he
solita
r
y
bee
s liv
e
,
w
it
h
e
xp
er
ts on
h
and to
p
r
ovid
e
info
rm
ation. T
w
o typ
e
s of solita
r
y
bee
s, t
he
‘
bu
ild
er
bee
’
be
ing on
e
, a
re
u
s
e
d at t
he
Janss
e
n f
ru
it fa
rm
, and n
e
it
her
of t
hem
bu
ilds a
c
olony. Inst
e
ad,
e
a
ch
bee
lays an
e
gg in an
8
mm
h
ol
e
in a
b
lo
c
k in t
he
bee
h
ot
e
l and t
he
n
c
ov
er
s it
w
it
h
poll
e
n
c
oll
ec
t
e
d f
r
o
m
t
he
cherr
y t
ree
s. Janss
e
n
h
as t
hree
installations at t
he
t
r
ial
b
lo
c
k (on
e
p
er
hec
ta
re
), and in A
u
g
u
st
o
r
S
e
pt
ember
t
he
b
lo
c
ks
w
ill
be
rem
ov
e
d, and t
he
c
o
c
oons
w
as
he
d to g
e
t
r
id of any pa
r
asit
e
s. T
he
c
o
c
oons a
re
t
he
n
