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Re: Osima Bees

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I have a paragraph from Nichol's Garden Nursery that tells about the
"Osmia Bee Condo Super Pollinator" which is kind of long, so I will
try to rephrase it to make it shorter. I am not an employee of Nichol's
just a customer.
 It says that it is a nesting block for the Orchard Mason bee, a native
bee both east and west of the Rockies. It goes on to describe this condo.
It goes on talking about the Mason bee. It says that the Mason bee is
90 times more effective than the honeybee.
   There is a product below it called Mason bees Jump Start, and also
a book called, "The Orchard Mason Bee". 
I have to assume that this bee is beneficial to Orchards. It looks like
it would work well among fruit trees.
  I apologize for the incorrect spelling. It is Osmia bees, not Osima.

                 Susan Seifert in zone 9


>Now, how do these compare with the Mason bees I've seen advertised? And what
>is the source for the Osima bees, which I've not seen.
>
>This spring, the first in our current location, I saw exactly ONE honeybee.
>Breaks my heart. We did have a good number of other flying pollinator
>things, including some of those which tend to be my favorite, the bumblebee.
>But I'm also wondering if the low output from our 2 apple and 1 peach tree
>were due to low pollination? So -- can these be ordered at this time of year
>(to have them on hand), or must they be ordered in warm weather?
>

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