For a female flower to develop into a fruit, bees must carry pollen from male flowers on the same plant or different plants to the female flower (the one with the tiny cucumber at the base). Poor cucumber set is common during rainy weather when bees are inactive. Spray insecticides late in the day to avoid harming the bee population. Flowers only last one day and new, essentially pesticide-free flowers will open in the morning.
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