Blackberry Pollination Images
Rubus villosus
The most likely difference is the number of bee visits.

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Each ovule in the center of the berry could have produced another drupelet, the pulpy fruit globes, if it had been fertilized by a grain of pollen. Now it is too late, and only four drupelets have developed.

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Most of the ovules were fertilized and the drupelets developed. Maximizing bee populations helps to achieve more berries that are well pollinated.

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hbonblkbry3.tif (5583978 bytes) She makes it possible.

 

Image Copyright 2001, David L. Green


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