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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-86-852801455 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --Apple-Mail-86-852801455 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I don't know about mason bees, = some blueberry growers are using bumblebees for pollination and more are = using leaf cutter bees. I know of one grower, Glenmore Farms (on = google), who supplies these species.<div><br></div><div>These species = have been proven on blueberries and proven for NS climate, but I don't = know about cherry trees. </div><div><br></div><div>One thing bees =96= not mason bees, though =96 need is a succession of blooming things so = they can keep going all season. You may have that since you probably = have a fair amount of wildflowers around.</div><div><br></div><div>There = seems to be a Diversified Pollination Services, Kentiville, that = supplies mason bees and other alternatives to the = honeybee.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Nancy<= br><div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">Nancy Roberts = Design</div><div>Celebrating 19 years of making you look = GOOD</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Dartmouth, NS B2Y = 2X6</div><div>902 461-9488</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div></