Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are scarce in your area or you're growing fruit-bearing plants indoors, hand-pollinating is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty / Curly_photo Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly ...

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I have read at least two articles in The Seattle Times about the lack of bees; each one seemed to focus on how to attract other insects to do the pollinating. Neither one mentioned hand-pollinating.

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I have two blueberry bushes. For the first time, I have been watching my bushes, which are in flower. There are no bees that I have noticed going to the flowers. Should I try hand pollinating?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heiko119 / Getty Images Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are ...