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Originally Posted by Worth1
Bees like certain favorite things and when they latch onto them it is very hard to attract them.
Even if you do manage to draw them into a place with flowers it is no guarantee they will have anything to do with stuff you want them to pollinate like cucumbers and so on.
I have set out the all you can eat buffet for them and they still go for certain things right next to the melons and cucumbers year after year.
Worth
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This is also my experience. Last season I grew a currant tomato and a few blacktail Mountain watermelons on my balcony. I saw a bee visiting all the tomato flowers (I thought they didn't like tomato flowers?). I seemed like it wanted to visits each and every one of them. Took an eternity. Then it flew in the direction of the watermelons that had loads of flowers. Made one circle over the watermelons and off it went. Didn't like watermelon flowers.