Re: [gardeners]bees

Allen and Judy Merten (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 21 Apr 1999 00:09:43 -0500

Hi Kris,
    I'm going to have to find out about Mason Bees. Don't know anything about
them.
    Thanks for the tip.
Allen
Bastrop Co.
SE Central Tx.

KrisP64@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/19/99 2:20:23 PM, jbmerten@swbell.net writes:
>
> << of bees. They are something that I know very little about. We have very
> few bees visiting the garden. Last year Bumble Bees had to do the job.
> The mouth and throat mites have decimated the wild bee population.
>     Back to the garden,
>   >>
>
> Allen what about mason bees. I bought a little book about them and would like
> to put one of the blocks up with the drilled holes in them and see what
> happens. I was watching HGTV the other day and they showed a mason bee house
> but there were no bees in it. Does anyone have one of these houses and what
> do you think about them?
>
> Kris P
> Z 5  IL