Checking on the Bees At All Three Sites
We placed 7,500 leaf cutter bee cocoons at the residential lot in Gilbert. We are monitoring the status regularly. We visually inspect...
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Jim Sarina
Jun 29, 2021
Checking on the Bees In Gilbert At Both Lots
We placed 7,500 leaf cutter bee cocoons at the residential lot in Gilbert. We are monitoring the status regularly. We visually inspect...
Jim Sarina
Jun 24, 2021
Rain in Gilbert!
We placed 7,500 leaf cutter bee cocoons at the residential lot in Gilbert. We are monitoring the status regularly. We visually inspect...
Jim Sarina
Jun 20, 2021
Checking on the Bees In Gilbert
We placed 7,500 leaf cutter bee cocoons at the residential lot in Gilbert. We are monitoring the status regularly. We visually inspect...
Jim Sarina
Jun 18, 2021
Placing the Bees At the Master Garden in Flowing Springs
Gene had reported that the remaining quart of leaf cutter bee cocoons had started to emerge on Thursday June 10th. He placed them in the...
Jim Sarina
Jun 16, 2021
Temperature Check!
We placed the leaf cutter bee cocoons and habitat at the Gilbert residential lot two days ago. We had to fashion sun shade since we were...
Jim Sarina
Jun 12, 2021
We Place the Leaf Cutter Bee Cocoons At Our Residential Lot
Gene incubated the leaf cutter bee cocoons starting on 18 May 2021. By 8 June 2021 they started to emerge. That is about 21 days which...
Jim Sarina
Jun 9, 2021
We Condition The Leaf Cutter Cocoons
Previously we were "BEES - INTERRUPTED" when we had to delay putting out our leaf cutter cocoons because we were going to paint the house...
Jim Sarina
May 19, 2021
BEES - INTERRUPTED
We decided it was time to put the leaf cutter bee cocoons out at the residential lot in Gilbert, AZ since the crepe myrtle was starting...
Jim Sarina
Apr 28, 2021
Blue Orchard Bees In Flowing Springs?
In 2019 we placed a number of Blue Orchard Bee (BOB) cocoons in Flowing Springs. We did not record any significant propagation. On April...
Jim Sarina
Apr 11, 2021
We Have 20 Thousand Bees!
We start the 2021 year with 20,000 bees; actually 20,000 cocoons. We have 10,000 Blue Orchard Bee (BOB) cocoons and 10,000 leaf cutter...
Jim Sarina
Nov 4, 2020
A Visit to the JWM Leafcutter Facility in Idaho - Dissecting Some Cocoons
During our visit to the JWM Leafcutters facility in Nampa, Idaho we analyzed our habitat, harvested our habitat, sampled the contents of...
Jim Sarina
Oct 28, 2020
A Visit to the JWM Leafcutter Facility in Idaho - The Harvesting Process
On the first day of our visit to the JWM Leafcutters facility in Nampa, Idaho we analyzed our habitat, harvested our habitat and sampled...
Jim Sarina
Oct 27, 2020
Leaf Cutter Bees In the Master Garden in Flowing Springs, Payson - Final Check
We did our final check on the leaf cutter bee cocoons and habitats we placed at the Master Garden in Flowing Springs, Payson, about 90...
Jim Sarina
Oct 20, 2020
Our Newest Leaf Cutter Site - We Have Bees!
On September 17th, 2020 we placed a "quart" of leaf cutter cocoons and a tapered tunnel habitat under the lemon tree at the residential...
Jim Sarina
Oct 16, 2020
20200930Trip To JWM Leafcutters Facility – Sampling The Contents of Our Habitat
During our visit to the JWM Leaf Cutter's facility in Nampa, Idaho, we used the "Nuclear Scientist" machine to remove and clean the...
Jim Sarina
Oct 12, 2020
20200930Trip To JWM Leafcutters Facility – Harvesting Our Habitat With the Nuclear Scientist Machine
After getting ready for our trip to JWM Leafcutters in Nampa, Idaho and the initial examination of our two habitats, we were ready to...
Jim Sarina
Oct 7, 2020
A Visit to the JWM Leafcutter Facility in Idaho - First Day, Analyzing Our Habitat
We made it to the JWM Leafcutters facility in Nampa, Idaho. Previously we had packed up all of our materials including the foam, tapered...
Jim Sarina
Oct 4, 2020
A Visit to the JWM Leafcutter Facility in Idaho - Preparations
In the spring of 2020 we shifted our emphasis to leaf cutter bees because our previous research indicated that Blue Orchard Bees were not...
Jim Sarina
Sep 26, 2020
We Have Buckwheat Plants!!!!
The buckwheat seeds we planted and germinated have emerged! We have plants and leaves. These buckwheat plants were from planted seeds. We...
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