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Entomologists are studying substitutes for primary nectar supplies—clover and wild flowers—and the soybean plant is one of the most promising. In sections of the Midwest and South, beekeepers are producing substantial crops of honey from soybean blooms.
Conversion of open land to other uses—logging, highways, industrial expansion, housing—is a serious agricultural problem, to the point that it even could have a serious effect on the nectar source for honeybees, according to the August issue of Agri-News.
However, some soybean varieties do not lure the honeybees. In Arkansas, it was reported that soybean crops that produced a good supply of nectar were within one mile of a soybean field that produced no nectar. Cross-pollination by the bees could have a positive effect on soybean yields, say beekeeping experts, as the bees transfer pollen from one variety to another. However, experts admit there is a big “if* when it comes to the possibility of desirable crosses.
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