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  • March 15th 2006 Issue
  • Growers report success with hornfaced bee

    Apple and cherry growers saw improved yields when using the cool-weather bee.

    A Michigan orchardist had nearly twice the volume of fruit in his sweet cherry blocks last year after using hornfaced bees for pollination. It was Josh Wunsch’s second year to try the bees, which are reported to fly in cool temperatures. He noted that he had a good crop of cherries in his black, sweet cherry blocks, although sizing was a problem in all of his cherries due to summer drought. “But what I saw from the hornfaced bees was a bigger crop in my early variety of Cavalier and a good crop in my Ulsters, which are younger trees,” […]

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