We put out the Orchard Mason Bee boxes last week, and so far, there is no evidence of them chewing through the cardboard to get out and pollinate. We watch them daily, and soon, when the temperature has been stable and warm over a period of five days, the two boxes of larvae will metamorphose into small pollinating bees. You can see one of the two boxes attached to the 'bee condo', the place where they will eventually return after two weeks of pollinating the neighborhood and stay until next fall. At that time, we will remove the new larvae and let them overwinter in the refrigerator until next spring.
No comments:
Post a Comment