Blue Sky Bee Supply Blog
FARMERS, SCIENTISTS AND BEEKEEPERS ARE WORKING TO RAISE BLUE ORCHARD MASON BEES TO POLLINATE VALUABLE ORCHARD CROPS.
Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia)Image Credits:USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab via Flickr (Homepage Image Credit: Suzi Rosenberg via Flickr)Colony collapse disorder has devastated honeybee populations over the past decade and brought a major push from beekeepers and scientists to commercialize a native pollinator for orchards in California and beyond. The most promising pollinator for the job is the blue orchard mason bee (Osmia lignaria). The challenge: figuring out how to produce enough of the fi
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29th May 2018