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By Nanny
United Kingdom 
why arnt the flowers setting to beans
29 Jul, 2008
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many years ago I was told this story about short tongued bees...I was sceptical at the time but since then I have seen it many times. These bees bite a hole in the back of the bean flower to get at the pollen which causes it to drop off without setting.
29 Jul, 2008
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Possible shortage of bees to polinate. Try fine spraying the plants and flowers in the evening that sometimes helps.
29 Jul, 2008