Honey bees seem to be attacked. While the Varrora Mite is still the world's most deadly parasitic bees, the honey bee population of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) has suffered in recent years. No one fully understands the cause of CCD. Many believe that due to a combination of factors, ie lose habitat, chemical pesticides, a simultaneous attack by Israeli Acute Paralysis and Varrora mites.
Whatever the cause, it has become a serious problem. Declined since 2006, honey bee populations in North America - in some areas as much as 90%. Reported losses of 50% are not uncommon.
Since a significant proportion of agricultural crops are pollinated by bees, CCD, if left unchecked, have important consequences for our food supply. Even non-food crops such as cotton and hemp, the primary inputs into the fabric industries are pollinated by honey bees. Anyone who has a garden or fruit trees could be directly affected by this disease.
Upon becoming aware of problems of this kind, we will naturally want to help. All of us could, he beekeepers and taking good care of our bee colonies to help by. However, many people do not have the temperament or the time to tend one or more hives.
An alternative is to be a beekeeper of mason bees. These bees are native to North America. Two major varieties are the Blue Orchard Bee, and the horn Faced Bee. The former is in the western United States, while the latter is more common in the eastern part of the country.
The Blue Orchard Bee is so called because, although it black it actually looks a dazzling blue color. The Horn Faced Bee is named, obviously, because they. A head start on his face that reminded one horn
Since both of these bees are solitary bees is that they do not live in colonies or hives. They are less susceptible to mite infestation and other diseases can decimate hives. It is also relatively easy to be a beekeeper this wild bees. All you have to do is give them a "house", which consists of cavities, holes and tunnels where they can build their own nest. The simplest and most effective of them are just boxes with one side open and tubes (think straws) are laid in horizontal.
These are not honey bees so there is no honey harvest and therefore tend not to hive. Both bees are very prolific pollinators spring crops, especially fruit trees and early flowering garden plants.
These bees emerge in mid spring and are active in spring weather - that is, cloudy and rather cool. They also have a short life of about 4 to 6 weeks. If the emerging brood she dies for the year are done, there is no mature orchard bees leave or horn Faced. Hatch their eggs and grow to maturity in the summer fall and winter as adults emerge the following spring. Therefore, these bees are not good pollinators summer.
There are other species of wild bees that are active in summer and leaf-cutter ants leaf-cutter bees bees do some damage to the plants when the lining of parts of the leaves. However, this can get pollination small price to pay for the plants, the excellent summer. Another thought about leaf-cutter ant bee is that when you get home to your Orchard have the right kind of bees, it can also be used by leaf-cutting ant bee. This only requires that you change the "straws" or tubes that contain the Orchard Bee eggs and replace them with fresh tubes for use by the leaf-cutter. The Orchard bees to be completed by mid-June and that's when leaf-cutter ant bee looking for homes....
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