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pollination question

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Horns Pure Honey:
I have seen bees on all but some of the ceral and like the tobacco and I am not shure about onions, they bloom after you want to pick.

asleitch:

--- Quote from: Horns Pure Honey ---onions, they bloom after you want to pick.
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If you are sending them to seed, Red Mason bees are supposed to really like working them. I've been reading up on them recently, (well, as of about 5 hours ago when the book arrived in the post at work!!)

I've just acquired two Red Mason Bee "hives" for pollinating my vegetables, and I'm just about to start a Bumble Bee box as well.

A red Mason "tube" is like this:





A larger tube:



These suit both the red and blue Mason Bee (Osmia rufa) and (Osmia coerulescens)

Adam

Horns Pure Honey:
that is sweet, where did ya get that, maybe I should invest in one to get the radishs bigger, bye

Robo:
Ryan,

Just get yourself a piece of a 4x4 and drill some 5/16" holes.

Here is a good site with info.  Great pics of a leafcutter bee in action too

http://www.wingsinflight.com/gardbees.html

Horns Pure Honey:
thanks robo.

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