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Re: Osima Bees

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You can make a nesting block easily by drilling 5/16 diameter holes at least
three inches or more deep in a block of wood.  An 8 inch piece of 4x4 or 6 x
6 works well.  Mount the block under the eaves in a sheltered area and leave
it.  If the bees are in the area, you will find some, if not all the holes
filled with mud by mid summer.  Commercial paper tubes and nests are also
available. 
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>From: "Malachi 3:16" <mal316@ix.netcom.com>
>To: "Square Foot Gardening List" <sqft@listbot.com>
>Subject: Re: Osima Bees
>Date: Sun, Oct 24, 1999, 6:45 PM
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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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