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By Patrick Cavanaugh, with the AgInformation Network<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Could different species of bees be better than the typical honeybee for pollinating almonds?<\/p>\n

Jim Watts is with Watts Solitary Bees, also known as Mason or Blue Orchard Bees are fantastic pollinators. They pollinate in a completely different way. The common honeybees collect a lot of pollen, but it sticks to their legs and doesn\u2019t fall off. And then they tend to go to one particular almond variety,\u201d noted Watts.<\/p>\n

Watts said Mason bees collect pollen on the hairs on their body. They go from flower to flower. When she lands on a flower, a bunch of pollen falls off because its hairs are not sticky. \u201cShe is an excellent pollinator, said Watts. \u201cShe\u2019s not so good at collecting pollen but good at pollinating,\u201d noted Watts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey also fly randomly in the orchard, visiting different kinds of flowers. So, if you have different varieties that must be pollinated, and they\u2019re going to fly to those different trees, and will cross-pollinate better than a honeybee,\u201d said Watts. \u00a0\u00a0\u201cThey are way more efficient. It only takes a thousand of our bees to replace an entire honeybee hive, said Watts, adding there\u2019s normally anywhere from 20,000 to 80,000 bees in a typical colony of standard honeybees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Research shows that by using Mason bees to pollinate, you can get a bump in yield in your orchard. \u201cOf course, a lot of that\u2019ll also depend on all the grower\u2019s other practice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Patrick Cavanaugh, with the AgInformation Network \u00a0 Could different species of bees be better than the typical honeybee for pollinating almonds? Jim Watts is with Watts Solitary Bees, also known as Mason or Blue Orchard Bees are fantastic pollinators. They pollinate in a completely different way. 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