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I was going to bring in bumble bees but found the web sites about usig flys for pollination and i think i'll go that route first so i dont have t become abee keeper.
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Wow, that's very interesting, especially for me because I'm allergic to bee stings. I'm growing outside and let nature take care of the pollination at this point. Though I do want and plan to have greenhouses in the future, and I would perfer fly's to bees because of my allergy to bees. Also I find it useful that they are better suited at cooler temperatures. I want/plan to do a lot of out of season growing, and winter time temps here are probably too cold for bees. I haven't looked into pricing yet but it may also be much more reasonable to keep a colony of these fly's (especially if I can learn to breed them myself).