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Re: bee friends

Hi there  - if it's of use to you, we have an article up on our site under
Special Interest in our 'And More' area on wildlife gardening and in there
you will find articles on this subject plus the instructions on how to
build one of these boxes...
HTH Donna


At 08:48 PM 4/29/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Bill Loke wrote:
>> 
>"... Blue or orchard bees have been given excellent rating for
>pollination, especially fruit trees..."
>
>Some seed catalogs are offering cedar "Nesting Blocks" for Orchard Mason
>bees.   The blocks are  1/2" X 3 1/2" X 8 1/8" with 40 holes drilled on
>on a grid at about 3/4" between hole centers.  Does anybody have any
>experience, knowledge or opinion as to whether the bees will really use
>these things.  
>
>In our area, authorities request that any wild honey bee hives found on
>residental property by removed by bee experts because they are now all
>assumed to be crossbred with the africanized honey bee.  For that
>reason, as well as for the verroa mite problem, foraging wild honeybees
>are becoming scarce and like Bill Loke we also want to encourage all
>pollinators.
>
>Olin Miller
>millero@worldnet.att.net
>
>
>
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