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When walking round the garden today I was watching the bees going about the garden, they were darting in and out of the fuchsia, I also have some trailing begonias close by, though not fully open but made me wonder if anyone could tell me, do bees get pollen from flowers that don't set seeds?
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Veggie
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Fuchsias set seed, begonias too. Bees have difficulty taking pollen from multi-petalled flowers as they can't reach the anthers.
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They get something out of plants that don't seed. I have bocking 14 comfrey that doesn't set seeds which is always buzzing when it flowers.
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