Based on our conversation with Dr. Steve Peterson we decided to explore the contents of the three PVC tubes at Site1a2. It ended up in a...

Yesterday, we had a conversation with our advisor Dr Steve Peterson of Foothill Bee Ranch about our plans to distribute bees/habitats to...

We've deployed all the bees in the Phoenix lakeside residential lots. Here's a female bee hard at work in her tube at Site1a1b. She left...

We added one more habitat, consisting of 80 cocoons and a 4 by 8 habitat from Gene's project last year. The habitat is set at 64 inches...

We purchased five Ecowitt DS-102 temperature and humidity data loggers from Amazon. These small devices log temperature and humidity at a...

We have documented the costs (and travel) of the study in this spreadsheet. Travel for the trip consisted of 17 trips, involving 23...

Previously we deployed four habitats at two locations. Today we are adding another habitat to our current location Site1a2. This will be...

Previously, we had a bird sitting on one of the habitats looking hungry as the bees emerge from the PVC pipe. It is happening again so we...

Yesterday we did our first distribution of bees at a lake side residential lot in the Phoenix area (Site1a2). Today the bees have started...

Today we did our first distribution of bees at a lake side residential lot in the Phoenix area (Site1a2). This site has numerous plants...

We use this single layer bee habitat: …covered with transparent glass to observe the process and progress of the bee as she does her work.

We received the 5,000 bees, actually they are still cocoons. We would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of the Orchard Bee...

Today we ordered mason bee habitat kits from Watts Solitary Bees. Jim Watts was extremely helpful in determining how many and what types...

Today we submitted our Proposal to the United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) at Logan, Utah....