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["Richard O'Barr" <aatopgunaa@mindspring.com>]

I have a nest of yellow jackets that seem to like pollen like other bees. (I
only rec'd one sting last year before I knew where the nest was located)
                                                      Topgun
                                                      Zone 7
----- Original Message -----
From: "nottke" <nottke1@earthlink.net>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] MASON BEES


> My Mason Bees will only nest in tubes of 5/16 to 3/8 in diameter and only
> in a bright area, in the orchard or under an eave - they won't go into a
> garage or shop where it is dark.  The mud plugs they make are the color of
> our red clay.  Mason bees are mild-mannered and have never stung me.
>
> The mud daubers prefer to make vertical tubes on a surface or fill larger
> tubes and holes and they prefer a dark area - their mud is ashy gray.  The
> smaller ones are docile but the larger blue-black ones sting with very
> little provication.
>
> Jim Nottke
> Pfafftown, NC 27040
> Hardiness Zone 7A
>
>
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