We had gobs of European honey bees in the yard last year and almost NONE this year. Very sad. But we still have some native bees. Our tomato crop suffered from lack of pollinators.
Not so scientific study - honeybees... who has lost them? POLL
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Oregon, the south west corner of the dry side of the Cascades.
Bumblebees and sweat bees (I'd never seen them before we moved here, but now we keep a cut bank dug with the tractor for them to dig nests in). Once the shop is done and I plant my orchard trees on the other side of it, I was thinking about setting up mason bee houses.
Well, since I am seriously allergic to bee stings, I was thinking about having DH set up a mason bee house....
Bumblebees and sweat bees (I'd never seen them before we moved here, but now we keep a cut bank dug with the tractor for them to dig nests in). Once the shop is done and I plant my orchard trees on the other side of it, I was thinking about setting up mason bee houses.
Well, since I am seriously allergic to bee stings, I was thinking about having DH set up a mason bee house....
We still have bees around here a plenty. It seems they are all over the place come summer time.
I dont know which one I am. Either North or South west. Im at the bottom of Oregon..
I have seen way less bees. There used to be lots pollenating the wild blackberries behind where I live. I think I have seen less than a dozen so far this year. Used to be tons more..
I have seen way less bees. There used to be lots pollenating the wild blackberries behind where I live. I think I have seen less than a dozen so far this year. Used to be tons more..
I don't get close enough to tell a bumble from a honey, but we've got bees that love our ligustrum bushes.
Lost 2 hives, had them for over 5 years but last year they didn't thrive, didn't build enough comb, I didn't harvest honey, but to no avail.
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HappyMtn... you aren't too far from me... compared to other places especially.
I have ordered some honeybee attractant and I'll see if that helps... but I haven't seen but that one dying one at my mother's house (30 minutes away).
Now, I have carpenter bees, wasps, some sweat bees (not as many as the past), & bumblebees... but none of anything else. I haven't seen a dirt-dobber either, come to think of it.
If the attractant don't work, I'll have to hand pollinate and re-think my farm income plans. No one wants to hand pollinate acres on acres.
I have ordered some honeybee attractant and I'll see if that helps... but I haven't seen but that one dying one at my mother's house (30 minutes away).
Now, I have carpenter bees, wasps, some sweat bees (not as many as the past), & bumblebees... but none of anything else. I haven't seen a dirt-dobber either, come to think of it.
If the attractant don't work, I'll have to hand pollinate and re-think my farm income plans. No one wants to hand pollinate acres on acres.
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Oh and I appologize for all the other places of the world I failed to mention.... most especially New Zealand. I was trying to think of mainly English speaking countries (once again sorry NZ) since I'm writting this in English. I try not to be that egotistical American the world hates.
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My dad's lost 5 hives in 3 years. All the bees just die. We live in MN but our hives are in WI.
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