Roses, Pumpkins and the End of Phase 1 of Our Project
We're coming to the end of the first of three phases of the project. The first phase consists of placing all of the bees/cocoons and...
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Jim Sarina
May 7, 2019
Payson Pumpkin People update: Plants are ready
The Payson Pumpkin People are hard at work. Here's their latest report. "We have excess pumpkin plants sprouting now, if you would like...
Jim Sarina
May 6, 2019
Native Leaf Cutter Bees in Arizona
We had noticed a native population of leaf cutter bees locally before. We now see activity from the leaf cutter bees as they use the...
Jim Sarina
Apr 28, 2019
This Means War!!!!!!!
We noticed lots of little "bugs" flying around our Site1a2d habitat so we emailed Dr. Steve Peterson and he sent the following reply: "On...
Jim Sarina
Apr 22, 2019
Native Leaf Cutter Bees in Phoenix and An Email Conversation with Dave Hunter of Crown Bees
Recently we noticed leaf cutter bee indications on the roses at Site!a2, the residential lot in Phoenix. Leaf cutter bees are in the...
Jim Sarina
Apr 19, 2019
Completing the Site3 Visit; Bees in a Woodpile, Hummingbirds, and Free Range Cattle
After our explosive experience with ACME Products, we completed the review of Site3 located on the East Verde River at Flowing Springs....
Jim Sarina
Apr 16, 2019
Catching a Bug With ACME Products
In our first examination of the contents of the PVC tube holding the bee cocoons at Site3a in Flowing Springs (Payson), we noticed a...
Jim Sarina
Apr 13, 2019
Return of the Payson Pumpkin People
Previously we introduced you to the Payson Pumpkin People in our post about our Site3 in Flowing Springs/Payson. They plan to grow the...
Jim Sarina
Apr 12, 2019
First Inspection of Site3 in Payson/Flowing Springs - Ditches and Witches
Previously, we detailed how we layed out the two sites in Flowing Springs, five miles north of Payson, and suffered a Beextinction...
Jim Sarina
Apr 11, 2019
Best Book Ever on Mason Bees from Dave Hunter of Crown Bees
As some preliminary research for our project, I (Jim) bought "Mason Bee Revolution: How the Hardest Working Bee Can Save the World - One...
Jim Sarina
Apr 10, 2019
First Inspection of Site2 in Cornville
Previously, we detailed how we layed out the two sites in Cornville and suffered a Beemagedon with 2,000 bees and cocoons. Gene made a...
Jim Sarina
Apr 9, 2019
Sun Versus Shade In Phoenix
On the previous post we explained why we are increasingly thinking that BOB habitats in a hot climate like Phoenix should go in a fully...
Jim Sarina
Apr 9, 2019
New Shaded Site
We noticed that our shaded Site1a1b had the most activity including seven tubes filled as of 7 April 2019. We set up an additional shaded...
Jim Sarina
Apr 6, 2019
More Success!!!! Four Tubes Filled
The main objective of this research project is to see if we can propagate blue orchard bees (BOBs) in Arizona. We have had our first,...
Jim Sarina
Apr 4, 2019
Beeextinction - The End of The Road to Flowing Springs
Previously we set up the first site in Flowing Springs (Site3a) and explained our strategy. Now we will set up the second Site3b and...
Jim Sarina
Apr 2, 2019
The Road to Flowing Springs
Gene and I continued our epic road trip to distribute 4,200 bees at the Flowing Springs/Payson, AZ Site3. Flowing Springs is located...
Jim Sarina
Mar 31, 2019
Beemagedon: The End of the Road to Cornville
Previously we set up the first site in Cornville (Site2a) and explained our strategy. Now we will set up the second Site2b and experience...
Jim Sarina
Mar 30, 2019
The Road to Cornville
Gene and I packed up his SUV to make an epic road trip to distribute 4,200 bees at the Cornville, AZ Site2 and the Flowing Springs/Payson...
Jim Sarina
Mar 30, 2019
Success!!! - Three Tubes Filled!!!
Our residential habitat (Site1a1b) in Phoenix now has three tubes plugged with mud and lots of bees buzzing around. So we have updated...
Jim Sarina
Mar 30, 2019
Epic Road Trip; Four More Sites, Beemagedon, Beextinction
Gene and Jim completed an epic road trip on 28-29 March 2019 to populate four more sites in two distinctive Arizona locations; Cornville...
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