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 adjacent.
Since we had already distributed our nominal 5,000 bees/cocoons received from the USDA-ARS, we ordered a "Mason Bee House Kit " from Watts Solitary Bees to complete populating our project. The Kit comes with nominally 60 cocoons and an 8 by 6 tube habitat optimized in diameter for Blue Orchard Bees.
We have now officially completed Phase1 of the Project. The three phases are:
PHASE 1: PLACING THE BEES/HABITATS
PHASE 2: MONITORING THE STATUS OF THE BEES/HABITATS
PHASE3: HARVESTING THE COCOONS
The 'Results' table on the Home page has now been updated to reflect the completion:
We are more than 100% complete due to purchasing the additional bees/habitats. We have also updated the tracking spreadsheet in the "Detailed Results" page to include information on Site4 and some updated information on all sites.
Next we will issue an Interim Report detailing our progress to date and planned activities.
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