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Re: Bumble Bees




Dear Friends,

	I've read that you can drill holes in blocks of wood to provide
homes for them.  If fact I read this in the early summer edition of
Organic Gardening Magazine.  They had information about all kinds of bees
and how to work with them.  

Sincerely,

ox 



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On Sat, 19 Oct 1996 MARCIEROSE@aol.com wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> The primary pollinator here on our farm is a big, beautiful, fuzzy bumble
> bee.  as we live in the foothills of N. California, I assume it is Bombus
> sonorus (sp)  The queens overwinter in the ground and emerge when the weather
> warms.  Unfortunately, the holes the choose to hibernate in are often in
> inconvenient places for ground preparation in the Spring.   
> 
> Does anyone have any way of encouraging bumble bees to nest in out-of-the-way
> places so they can go about their business undisturbed?
> 
> Marcie
> 


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