Worldwide Beekeeping
Sustainable Living => Gardening => Topic started by: Slowmodem on March 16, 2015, 10:55:47 pm
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We have some fruit trees and we've got a weird one. There was no bending because of snow, wind, or anything like that. It just decided to grow some crooked limbs. I could maybe see one. But look how many there are and just at about the same place and the same direction! :o
I wonder what would cause that? Oh, it's a pear tree (I think).
I added the one with the riding lawnmower just for scale.
(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.postimg.cc%2Fl6ac8vdzp%2F2015_03_16_17_35_53_335.jpg&hash=c117d89b112b0147c583e62b1b25833ccea88e64) (http://postimg.cc/image/l6ac8vdzp/)
(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.postimg.cc%2F5ali5knf9%2F2015_03_16_17_36_02_834.jpg&hash=b222e4698b5c4e1574c629757eb84c250279d442) (http://postimg.cc/image/5ali5knf9/)
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And we thought bees were unpredictable. :o
Now that really is a mystery. Since they all have the same bend, I would speculate we could rule out insect damage as a cause; that should be random. Maybe the cells on the inner radius decided to stop elongating before the cells on the outer radius and hence the bend. I have no idea, I’m just rambling at this point :D
Good food for thought though. Thanks for the post.
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wow, interesting.. High winds/storm started the bend and the tree straightened itself out? Just a guess here as well...
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Very strange indeed! I see those nice looking hives in the background, though.
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Those limbs are going to be awkward when it comes to gathering the crop.
I think I would be reaching for my loppers.