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Re: bees and box store plants

Oh, I beg to disagree. Crown Bees is working with hundreds of commercial growers who are using native bees And talking to more each day. One mason bee can pollinate 12 lbs. of cherries, a task that takes 60 honey bees! And Crownbees.com has a buy back program so backyard gardeners can become Bee Farmers and harvest native excess native bee cocoons in the fall that Crown Bees will rehome with local farmers.



Check it our Noel. We can all make a difference in turning our gardens into bee farms.



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It is impossible for commercial agriculture to rely on native pollinators, as large scale farming has destroyed the habitat necessary for them.  Thus big farms have to rely on trucked in hives to do the necessary pollination.  The collapse of the commercial bee colonies is a crisis, but the home gardener and small scale grower, at least for the present, does not have to worry about this, as native bees and numerous other pollinators are easily encouraged to show up through the growing of pollinator attracting plants.  My garden is full of wasps, bees,and other pollinating insects.  I let many plants that these insects like go to flower and pollination is never an issue.



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On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Susan McCoy <susan@gardenmediagroup.com<s*@gardenmediagroup.com>>

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> And why they aren't using more native bees. I know I'm going out on a

> limb here, but have y'all seen Crown Bees' Indigogo campaign to

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> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/you-can-help-save-the-bees/x/102110

> 02 We could use some help to spread the word.

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