Thread: ID flies/bees on garlic chive flowers?
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Old 03-09-2006, 12:14 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default ID flies/bees on garlic chive flowers?
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I have garlic chives growing in my garden in Cleveland, Ohio. Those flowers
taste so good. I went out to pick some to eat yesterday, and I seen what
looked like small flies or bees all over the flowers, and they fly away when
you get too close. I took a picture, link above (about 1 MB). What are
these, and do these insects being on the flowers ruin the edibility of the
flowers? I eat these flowers raw, and I picked some anyways, and brought
them in and washed them but didn't eat any yet, until I know they are not
tainted by the bugs. I want to try to freeze some of the flowers so I can
use them later. Thanks much.


There is no way to know if they may have tainted the flowers or
not...did they just emerge from their pupa and flew straight to the
flowers, or did they first visit and pick up bacteria from the two day
old dead bird two houses down...no way of knowing. Just wash the edibles
well.
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Lar

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