PHOTO COURTESY OF MARY ANN FRAZIER Cornell University has a new publication called Wild Pollinators of Eastern Apple Orchards and How to Conserve Them, compiled by Cornell’s Mia Park with seven coauthors from Cornell, Penn State, and the Xerces Society. The 20-page publication describes the habits of major wild bee species (more than 80 species pollinate fruit crops in the eastern United States). The five most important are small mining bees, hornfaced bees (often called orchard bees or mason bees), blue-green sweat bees, large mining bees, and bumblebees. Many of them, the publication reminds growers, are much more effective pollinators […]