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sueb wrote:

On Jul 1, 3:08*pm, Dermot66
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Dear all

My fig tree for the 1st time since planting (5 years old) has no fruit.
Could anyone tell me if I've done something wrong or do they sometimes
have dormant years.

Thank You

Dermot

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Dermot66

Did it flower?
Figs are pollinated by a wasp, if something disrupted their cycle then
the tree wouldn't have been pollinated. There are definitely problems
with bee populations where I live.

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/articl...WS08/806270374

Warning on losses in bee colonies
Crisis could worsen, boost food prices, House told

Published: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, June 27, 2008 at 3:44 a.m.
The Press Democrat, 2006
Honeybees are declining rapidly, experts say.

WASHINGTON -- A record 36 percent of U.S. commercial bee colonies have
been lost to mysterious causes so far this year and worse may be yet to
come, experts told a congressional panel Thursday.

Food prices could rise even more unless the strange decline in honeybees
is solved, the lawmakers were told.

"No bees, no crops," North Carolina grower Robert Edwards told a House
agriculture subcommittee. Edwards said he had to cut his cucumber
acreage in half because of the lack of bees available to rent.

The year's bee colony losses are about twice the usual seen following a
typical winter, scientists warn. Despite ambitious new research efforts,
the causes remain a mystery.

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