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  • From: "Christopher Mauchline" <mauch1@aol.com>
  • To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
  • Subject: [nafex] Re: solitary bees
  • Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:40:57 -0000

The bees that BYFG (including me) are working with are Japanese
Hornfaces bees imported by Dr. Susan Batra(retired) of the USDA.

The management techniques were developed by Dr. Batra and she does
have you move them at the end of May. But she also has you keep them
horizontal. I haven't seen negative effects from moving them at the
correct time.

I do know of one grower who had his bees in a non-moveable board
found that overtime the bees gradually died out (parasites? disease?
spray?)

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6

--- In nafex@y..., "dwalsh/wchase" <wchase@i...> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> It is the Monodontomerus sp. wasp that bores through straw to lay
eggs. It is
> very tiny and it is amazing that it can bore through the cardboard.
>
> I wouldn't be worried about it ... it occurs naturally so just put
up extra straws
> to allow the Monodontomerus to take a few bees.
>
> I've only seen it a couple of times ... when I had straws on the
basement counter
> waiting to be opened and cocoons sexed and counted.
>
> If you are going to move the straws, don't move them too early ...
it is possible
> to knock the egg off the wad of pollen. Wait until the egg has
hatched into a
> larva. I'd wait until about ten days after the last bee action
seen.
>
> I had some BOB working on June 30 last year ... mind you that might
be a bit
> misleading ... I delayed the emergence of some of my BOB so I would
have a longer
> season.
>
> In 1999, I didn't delay emergence, but I put out fewer straws than
I anticipated
> the bees would need. My condos were almost full June 19, but I
still had some
> action.
>
> That's in south coastal BC . zone 7/8
>
> Derry
>
> Derry Walsh & Bill Chase email:wchase@i...
> Aldergrove, B. C., Canada
> phone/fax (604) 856-9316
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
> Home web page http://www.interchange.ubc.ca/wchase/HTML
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> weed control
>
>
> : Hmm, I haven't had the problem with the wasps. I remember that
the
> : nests are to be taken in to reduce/eliminate predation by a wasp
that
> : will drill through the sides of the nests to lay eggs on the
> : developing bees. Those wasps come out in June or so.
> Chris Mauchline
> : SE PA, zone 6


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