[NatureNS] Looking for advice on mason bees

From: Nancy Roberts <nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca>
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I don't know about mason bees, some blueberry growers are using =20
bumblebees for pollination and more are using leaf cutter bees. I know =20=

of one grower, Glenmore Farms (on google), who supplies these species.

These species have been proven on blueberries and proven for NS =20
climate, but I don't know about cherry trees.

One thing bees =96 not mason bees, though =96 need is a succession of =20=

blooming things so they can keep going all season. You may have that =20
since you probably have a fair amount of wildflowers around.

There seems to be a Diversified Pollination Services, Kentiville, that =20=

supplies mason bees and other alternatives to the honeybee.

Cheers,

Nancy

Nancy Roberts Design
Celebrating 19 years of making you look GOOD

Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6
902 461-9488



On 20-Feb-13, at 6:19 PM, Anne Woolaver wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> For a present this last Christmas, his employees gave my boss a =20
> mason bee house (the tear-drop shaped one from Vesey's), in hopes of =20=

> better pollination success for the cherry trees at his cottage in =20
> Wallace this year.  We didn't, however, buy any cocoons to go with =20
> it (Vesey's does not sell them), and I am now wondering whether that =20=

> would have been a good idea.  Does anyone have any experience with =20
> these houses and their ability to attract nesting females "from =20
> scratch" in the northwest of Nova Scotia?  How common are mason bees =20=

> in Nova Scotia, and how far do they disperse when they emerge in =20
> spring?  Would they come out too early to be good cherry =20
> pollinators?  The property itself would probably be relatively =20
> suitable for nesting (nearby water and mud), although given the life =20=

> cycle of this bee, it might take a couple of years to build up a =20
> local population.  Any recommendations on possible suppliers of =20
> cocoons, ideally in eastern Canada?  The only ones I've been able to =20=

> find online seem to be a couple outfits from BC.
>
> Thanks in advance for advice, insight!
>
> A. Woolaver


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