We ordered 400 additional leaf cutter bees from Crown Bees to place at Site3 that is in Flowing Springs north of Payson, Arizona. On...

Last week we started placing leaf cutter bees in Phoenix as an adjunct to our original research plan. On August 31st we checked for...

After our relatively unsuccessful experience with mason bees ("blue orchard bees"), we decided to do a quick experiment with leaf cutter...

9/2/2019 8:55 PM While ten or more growers in the Payson area attempted to grow giant pumpkins this year, only one has succeed (that we...

8/25/2019 9:15 PM The last of the four fruits aborted this week -- so we are done for this growing season. What happened? Heat: Two...

Gene and I ran into each other at the local Frye's Grocery Store in Gilbert and had an ad hoc bee meeting in the bread aisle. I bought...

And an olla update also at the end. FROM STEVE; our Payson Pumpkin People Correspondent: 8/8/2019 12:18 AM To paysonpumpkinpeople We...

The objective of the blueorchardbeesinarizonaproject is to determine if we can propagate ‘Blue Orchard Bees” in various Arizona...

paysonpumpkinpeople@cox.net 7/21/2019 10:56 PM Well, that was an interesting day! Houston, we have pollination! The first female flower...

We have started harvesting the habitats from the various sites. Today we harvest a habitat from the second Payson site at Flowing Springs...

We have collected all of the habitats from Sites 1 (Phoenix metro area), 2 (Cornville), and 3 (Payson/Flowing Springs). Now we will...

We collected the habitats from both Site3 locations. There was little or no evidence of Blue Orchard Bee activity. We did see one tube...

We have now entered Phase 2 of the project: monitoring the status of the habitats. We have been doing this since placing them at the four...

6/3/2019 3:43 PM Pumpkins are doing great getting established in the patch with warm nights thanks to the tea, and warm 80F days. Three...

Previously we noticed a native population of leaf cutter bees that seemed to prefer certain roses and other plants. The crepe myrtle is a...

The Payson Pumpkin People finally planted their pumpkin shoots after a weather warning. Here's their report: Payson Pumpkin People...

The Payson Pumpkin People had previously delayed the transplanting due to an nonseasonal possibility of frost/freezing. Here's their...

We have now officially completed Phase 1 of the Project. The three phases are: PHASE 1: PLACING THE BEES/HABITATS PHASE 2: MONITORING THE...

Planting time 5/14/2019 2:58 PM To paysonpumpkinpeople@ It’s time! The soil temp is well above 70F, and the daytime air temp is above...

The fourth site located east of Flagstaff was set up on 10 May 2019. It is a 0.26 acre residential Master Garden with similar properties...