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jerry
03-29-2008, 10:38 PM
Mason bee ,or blue orchard bee which would work better, on high bread cabbage .
I have a grower who would like to try them she say that the honey bee
has to put hole into the flower to get to pollen they try some bumble bee
in the pass with very little success they are looking for the of April first of may.
to pollinate the cabbage is it to late for the mason or the blue orchard bee
by then. we are talk en Western Washington State are days can be in the mid fifty
to upper 60 with are night in the low forty by then. and where can i get them
this late in the season. jerry robnett of Robnett apiarys ps this a seed crop

okb
03-29-2008, 11:16 PM
I didnt know a honey bee would cut a hole to pollenate. I know leaf cutter bees will and honey bees will follow up using the hole.

dcross
03-30-2008, 11:43 AM
Based on the fact that cabbage is a brassica, I would expect honeybees to work very well for pollination.

http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/IKMP/AAP/HBH/BULLETIN4298_VEGPOLLN.HTM