Having blue orchard mason bees may be a good plan for your spring-blooming orchards’ pollination needs. Mason bees are affordable, low maintenance and improve crop yields. The little bees work well in conjunction with honey bees in almonds, cherries, pears, early raspberry varieties and blueberries. Researchers are starting to also look at mason bees’ pollination effectiveness in strawberries, too.
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Bee Amazed
Mason bees
visit up to
visit up to
2,000
flowers a day
400 Mason bees
do the work of
do the work of
40,000
honey bees
One Mason bee
block can hold
block can hold
500
eggs
Farmers
release
release
1,000
bees per acre
to pollinate their
crops
to pollinate their
crops
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