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	Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees
		Osmia lignaria (commonly called the orchard mason bee, blue orchard bee, mason bee, or orchard bee) is a pollinator of many fruit crops, including almond, apple, cherry, pear, and plum (16).
		Osmia cornifrons (the horned-faced or hornfaced bee) is a commercial pollinator of apples in Japan and is a pollinator of orchard crops grown in areas of higher humidities in the U.S. The hornfaced bee is 80 times more effective than honeybees for pollinating apples (14).
		Osmia ribifloris (sometimes called the blueberry bee) has been used successfully as a highly effective and manageable pollinator of highbush blueberry (16).
	www.attra.org /attra-pub/nativebee.html (4881 words)

	Megachilidae - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Dioxys are brood parasites of Megachile, Anthidium and Osmia.
		They resemble small Osmia, but they are oligolectic (specialized on a few subfamilies of Asteraceae) and use resin from conifers, as well as plant fibers and sand, as cell wall material.
		Osmia are mason bees, they build their nests in natural or artificial cavities such as hollow plant stems, abandoned nests of wood-boring beetles or carpenter bees, or snail shells.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Megachilidae (538 words)

	Image:Osmia ribifloris bee.jpg - TheBestLinks.com - Pollinator, Crops, Blueberries, Fairuse, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Image:Osmia ribifloris bee.jpg - TheBestLinks.com - Pollinator, Crops, Blueberries, Fairuse,...
		Image:Osmia ribifloris bee.jpg, Pollinator, Crops, Blueberries, Fairuse, Osmia...
		This bee, Osmia ribifloris (on a barberry flower), is an effective pollinator of commercial blueberries and is one of several relatives of the blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Image__3A__Osmia_ribifloris_bee.jpg.html (194 words)

	ARS \| Publication request: SCREEN HOUSE EVALUATIONS OF A BLUE ORCHARD BEE OSMIA RIBIFLORIS (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) AS A ...
		Interpretive Summary: Osmia ribifloris is a docile, wild bee that is being domesticated as a commercial blueberry pollinator.
		Osmia ribifloris was an efficient blueberry pollinator, as fruit were set by two-thirds of the flowers visited by the bee.
		Technical Abstract: The behavioral traits and the pollination efficiency of Osmia ribifloris Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) were studied to assess the potential value of this bee for pollinating southern blueberry crops (Vaccinium sect.
	www.ars.usda.gov /research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=139814&pf=1 (355 words)

	Blue orchard bees and fruit tree pollination (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Blue orchard bees are a type of mason bee in the genus Osmia, meaning they are solitary bees that use mud to seal the ends of their nesting tunnels.
		ribifloris, a species currently being evaluated as a pollinator of blueberries in the eastern states.
		Some individuals and companies selling these bees use either of two names: “hornfaced bees,” which is the accepted common name, or just “orchard bees.” The distinction between species is important for management reasons as discussed elsewhere.
	osmia.com /bluebee.htm (522 words)

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	www.thebestlinks.com /Image__3A__Osmia_ribifloris_bee_on_barberry_flower.jpg.html (168 words)

	Chatham County Plow Sharing Newsletter: August-September, 2002
		Osmia lignaria (commonly called the orchard mason bee, blue orchard bee, mason bee, or orchard bee) is a pollinator of many fruit crops, including almond, apple, cherry, pear, and plum.
		Osmia cornifrons (the horned-faced or hornfaced bee) is a commercial pollinator of apples in Japan and is a pollinator of orchard crops grown in areas of higher humidities in the U.S. The hornfaced bee is 80 times more effective than honeybees for pollinating apples.
		Osmia ribifloris (sometimes called the blueberry bee) has been used successfully as a highly effective and manageable pollinator of highbush blueberry.
	www.ces.ncsu.edu /chatham/newsletters/SustAg/2002/Aug-Sept2002.html (7514 words)

	Neff Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Second emergence individuals of the partially bivoltine species were found to come only from the earliest provisioned cells of that year.
		Osmia ribifloris - Recent work has focused on the phenomenon of interspecific cleptoparasitism in which females open recently sealed conspecific nests, remove the previous occupants egg, partially reprovision, oviposit and reseal the nests.
		Because of the long times required to open or close a nest, time budgets indicate robbing is a conditional strategy viable only when unused nest sites are rare or when floral resources are very scarce.
	www.utexas.edu /research/bfl/research/neff.html (341 words)

	Douglas County Master Gardeners Newsletter Mason Bees
		The Orchard Mason Bee, or Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria), usually referred to as Mason Bees or Osmia, is native to Douglas County.
		It is smaller than a honey bee, fl in color with a dark blue irridescent sheen on it's abdomen (or rear end).
		A closely related bee (Osmia ribifloris) has an emerald green sheen on it's abdomen.
	extension.oregonstate.edu /douglas/mg/masonbee.html (1087 words)

	AN UPDATING BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BEES OF THE WORLD-Book T
		Le comportement de nidification chez Osmia (Osmia) cornuta Latr.
		Revision of the genus Osmia of Japan and Korea (Hym., Megachilidae).
		Osmia zandeni, a new species from fuerteventura, Canary Islands.
	www.geocities.com /beesind/BeesIndBookT.htm (5841 words)

	pollinators especially the blue orchard bee, life cycle of BOBs, flowers for bees, a bee maze
		This is one way to tell them apart, but once you know them better you will notice that the flight pattern of a bee is different from that of a fly.
		Here are some URLs for some good photos of Osmia species on the web.
		Some are leafcutter bees and some are berry bees, Osmia atriventris, and there is a solitary wasp.
	derrysorchardandnursery.ca /p4_pollinators.html (1726 words)

	Agricultural Research: The busiest of bees. (pollen bees) @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Another potential blueberry pollinator is Osmia ribifloris, says Philip Torchio, an entomologist at the ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory in Logan, Utah.
		Torchio is planning field studies this spring with O. ribifloris on 14 acres of highbush blueberries in Oregon.
		"We want to demonstrate that it's feasible for growers to raise large enough numbers of O. ribifloris to pollinate their blueberry crop," he says.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:14862154&refid=holomed_1 (2489 words)

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		Many pollen bees are also far more efficient pollinators than honey bees, because they specialize on certain plants.
		One example is the hornfaced bee (Osmia cornifrons), popular in Japan for apple pollination.
		Another potential blueberry pollinator in the West is Osmia ribifloris, according to the article.
	apis.ifas.ufl.edu /apis94/APAPR94.HTM (1781 words)

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		Once slits are made, other species (including honey bees) use these openings only to collect nectar.
		His work on highbush blueberries, Dr. Torchio says, has convinced him that only 250 nesting females per acre of the bee, Osmia ribifloris, is required to achieve maximum pollination potential.
		The large numbers of pollinators usually recommended, he says, are often referred to in honey bee terms (so many colonies per acre).
	apis.ifas.ufl.edu /apis91/apfeb91.htm (2244 words)

	The Haworth Press Online Catalog: Product: 'Proceedings of the Ninth North American Blueberry Research and Extension ...
		screenhouse evaluations of the Mason Bee Osmia ribifloris as a pollinator in the Southeastern United States
		With over 35 different studies on blueberries from planting to postharvesting, you’ll gain an extraordinary amount of knowledge and methodology to expand upon in your own work.
		Screenhouse Evaluations of a Mason Bee Osmia ribifloris (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a Pollinator for Blueberries in the Southeastern United States (Blair J. Sampson, Stephen J. Stringer, James H. Cane, and James M. Spiers)
	www.haworthpressinc.com /store/product.asp?sku=5223 (1287 words)

	mbox-4: April issue of APIS
		is the hornfaced bee (Osmia cornifrons), popular in Japan for apple
		This bee can visit 15 flowers a day, setting 2,450
		Another potential blueberry pollinator in the West is Osmia
	www.sare.org /sanet-mg/archives/html-home/4-html/0281.html (1488 words)

	Pollination by Orchard Mason Bees, Bumble Bees and Solitary Bees
		HOW TO RAISE AND MANAGE ORCHARD MASON BEES FOR THE HOME GARDEN
		A mason bee, Osmia ribifloris (on a barberry flower).
		Bumble bees (aka bumblebees; Bombus) are generally somewhat larger than honey bees and often brightly colored (see this excellent bumble bee site at the Natural History Museum, London).
	www.livingwithbugs.com /pollin.html (395 words)

	EVALUATING BUMBLEBEES AS POLLINATORS OF 'MISTY' SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY GROWING INSIDE PLASTIC TUNNELS
		A more efficient cooling system for tunnels, changes in frost protection systems and/or placing colonies outdoors on warmer days will be needed to sustain uninterrupted pollen foraging and pollination by worker bumblebees.
		Other native bee pollinators such as the megachilid bee, Osmia ribifloris, may soon be available for pollinating blueberries inside tunnels.
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	www.actahort.org /books/574/574_5.htm (210 words)

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