How to Pollinate Boysenberries

Boysenberries are hybrid berries developed in the 1920s and bred from blackberry, raspberry and loganberry plant cultivars by horticulturist Rudolph Boysen. The boysenberry's growth habit and pollination requirements are virtually identical to those of blackberries. As with its parent plants, boysenberries grow on long canes that twist into brambles when not staked or stretched. According to the Horticulture Department at Purdue University, bees are responsible for up to 95 percent of blackberry and hence boysenberry pollination.

Bee hive

Instructions

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  Acquire a colony of honey bees or pollen bees to live near your boysenberry patch and benefit any flowering plants in the area. You can purchase an established hive and placed it intact in your yard.
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  Rent a colony of pollen bees from an apiary or pollinating service if you do not have the means or desire to properly care for or support a bee colony hive.
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  Refrain from applying pesticide sprays, dusts or granules from the early spring through the end of summer to prevent bees in the vicinity from being killed. Bees travel up to 1/4 mile for flowers, so any pesticide activity in this range can pose a deadly threat to them.

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