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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Try http://www.homeorchardsociety.org/masonbees/ for supplies.  They are out of bees for the year.  However, if you have had them once, odds are good there are a few "escapes" around.  Put out tubes in various places and I'd be willing to bet you'll find bees in a few of the tubes next year.  Protect them and they will increase very fast.
-Lon Rombough

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On Jan 14, 2009, at 3:19 PM, seth jones wrote:

After building up a sizable japanese hornfaced bee colony only to have it devoured by barn swallows in a single season I'd like to start over either with hornfaced or blue orchard bees for my fruit trees. I will spread smaller "homes" around in pvc pipe rather than one large one which was soon surrounded by hungry birds sitting in all the branches waiting to snack.
I was fortunate enough to have most of my original colony provided to me free of charge. I was part of a study and also was fortunate enough to correspond with Suzanne Batra who introduced the hornfaced bees to this country and gave me a "starter set". 
Looking around I have been struck by the price of just a few straws and am curious if anyone knows a good affordable source for these interesting bees. I'd like start a new colony this spring.
Thanks
Seth Jones

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