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Re: OT: Does anyone know of a source of orchard mason bees?
- To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: OT: Does anyone know of a source of orchard mason bees?
- From: Kevin Topek <ktopek@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 19:30:28 -0500
- Newsgroups: permaculture
- References: <LYR87835-1593-1999.03.31-12.07.51--amaranth#uninets.net@franklin.oit.unc.edu> <LYR76292-1910-1999.04.02-15.42.12--ktopek#bellsouth.net@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Reply-to: ktopek@bellsouth.net
Bees produce honey. European varieties of the honeybee,
Apis mellifera produce excess amounts of honey with regard to their
future need. They are also usually not as agressive as most other bee species.
Orchard mason bees probably build small wax cells
and store their honey comparmentalized, like Grecian urns. It would be
hard to harvest and there would not be an excessive amount.
Pollination can not be underestimated in its effect
on fruit production for a whole host of plants. I recall how the carpenter
bees living in the old wood garage behind my house would pollinate my huge
luffa framework. I gave away luffa sponges for almost a decade.
Happy Trails, to you...
Kevin Topek