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#000000"><b>Date: </ <html> <body> <font size=3D3>I would appreciate a copy, Jim. Thanks.<br> Angus<br> At 11:28 PM 2/21/2013, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite=3D"">Sorry, everyone, I had to sen= d this a second time because I forgot to delete the attachment. Jim<br><br> Begin forwarded message:<br><br> </font><blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite=3D""> <font face=3D"Helvetica, Helvetica" size=3D3><b>From: </b>"James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca ><br> <b>Date: </b>February 21, 2013 11:26:28 PM AST<br> <b>To: </b>NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >, Cory Sheffield <<a href=3D"mailto:cory.silas.sheffield@gmail.com"> cory.silas.sheffield@gmail.com</a>>, Steve Javorek <javoreks@agr.gc.ca>, Todd Smith <todd.smith@acadiau.ca>, kirk.hillier@acadiau.ca<br> <b>Subject: re Looking for advice on mason bees<br> </b></font><br> Cory, Thanks very much for this. For those on this list (NatureNS), attachments cannot be sent, but the title of the paper is "Diversity of cavity-nesting bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) within apple orchards and wild habitats in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada -- by Cory S. Sheffield, Peter Kevan, Sue M. Weatby, and Robert F. Smith -- Can. Entomol. 140: 235-249 (2008). I can send the attachment pdf of this paper to whoever asks me off the list, please.<br><br> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.<br><br> Begin forwarded message:<br><br> <blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite=3D""> <font face=3D"Helvetica, Helvetica" size=3D3><b>From: </b>Cory Sheffield <<a href=3D"mailto:cory.silas.sheffield@gmail.com"> cory.silas.sheffield@gmail.com</a>><br> <b>Date: </b>February 21, 2013 8:28:07 PM AST<br> <b>To: </b>"James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca ><br> <b>Cc: </b>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca, <a href=3D"mailto:nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca"> nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca</a><br> <b>Subject: Re: Looking for advice on mason bees<br> </b></font><br> I think the purpose of those nesting blocks is to fill them with<br> native cavity nesting species, and in NS there are several (see<br> attached paper), several of which are rather large species. The Blue<br> Orchard Bee is the one that is managed in Canada, though primarily in<br> the west, it does occur as far east as ON, QC, with a few odd records<br> from NS (though this has not been verified).<br><br> If you put the nests out, you will get mason bees (Osmia) in the<br> spring, and Megachile (leaf cutters) in the summer (with possibly a<br> few other osmiine bees). It is very possible to grow your own! There<br> are over 200 bee species in NS, so it should be fun to see what you<br> get!<br><br> Cheers,<br> Cory<br><br> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:36 PM, James W. Wolford<br> <jimwolford@eastlink.ca > wrote:<br> <blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite=3D"">Cory or Steve, can either of = you comment on this and on another answer that<br> I will send you right after this one? Thanks from Jim et al.<br><br> Begin forwarded message:<br><br> From: Nancy Roberts <<a href=3D"mailto:nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca"> nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca</a>><br> Date: February 20, 2013 10:01:30 PM AST<br> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Looking for advice on mason bees<br> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br> <br> I don't know about mason bees, some blueberry growers are using bumblebees<br> for pollination and more are using leaf cutter bees. I know of one grower,<br> Glenmore Farms (on google), who supplies these species.<br><br> These species have been proven on blueberries and proven for NS climate, but<br> I don't know about cherry trees.<br><br> One thing bees =96 not mason bees, though =96 need is a succession of blooming<br> things so they can keep going all season. You may have that since you<br> probably have a fair amount of wildflowers around.<br><br> There seems to be a Diversified Pollination Services, Kentiville, that<br> supplies mason bees and other alternatives to the honeybee.<br><br> Cheers,<br><br> Nancy<br><br> Nancy Roberts Design<br> Celebrating 19 years of making you look GOOD<br><br> Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6<br> 902 461-9488<br><br> <br><br> On 20-Feb-13, at 6:19 PM, Anne Woolaver wrote:<br><br> Hi all,<br><br> For a present this last Christmas, his employees gave my boss a mason bee<br> house (the tear-drop shaped one from Vesey's), in hopes of better<br> pollination success for the cherry trees at his cottage in Wallace this<br> year. We didn't, however, buy any cocoons to go with it (Vesey's does not<br> sell them), and I am now wondering whether that would have been a good idea.<br> Does anyone have any experience with these houses and their ability to<br> attract nesting females "from scratch" in the northwest of Nova Scotia? How<br> common are mason bees in Nova Scotia, and how far do they disperse when they<br> emerge in spring? Would they come out too early to be good cherry<br> pollinators? The property itself would probably be relatively suitable for<br> nesting (nearby water and mud), although given the life cycle of this bee,<br> it might take a couple of years to build up a local population. Any<br> recommendations on possible suppliers of cocoons, ideally in eastern Canada?<br> The only ones I've been able to find online seem to be a couple outfits from<br> BC.<br><br> Thanks in advance for advice, insight!<br><br> A. Woolaver<br> </blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></body> </html>