Cob: Mud Borers

Tue Apr 8 20:53:28 CDT 2003

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<P>Cat here,  had a friend that moved into an old barn, it had a nest of bees in the wall, made the place smell wonderful, all sweet without any air fresheners.  They never got over crowded he did put up some boxes so he could harvest honey.  Makes me think it could be nice to add some little cubbies up in the cob so birds could nest under the eaves of the house, or maybe some big jars.</P>
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<P>for the good of all Cat<BR><BR></P>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: Darin Lang <DARIN at DOOLANG.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Darin Lang <DARIN at DOOLANG.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>>To: Coblist <COBLIST at DEATECH.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: Cob: Mud Borers 
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<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 09:50:36 -0400 
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<DIV></DIV>> > Penelope, 
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<DIV></DIV>> > consider you local area. Do you have so called wood boring bees? 
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<DIV></DIV>> > If not don't, which is most likely, then don't worry. IF such a bee 
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<DIV></DIV>> > exists, where do they live? 
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<DIV></DIV>>Carpenter bees are common to most if not all of the US, as are the smaller 
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<DIV></DIV>>mud and wood boring Orchard Mason Bees. Bumblebees, a superior pollinator, 
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<DIV></DIV>>like to nest in old mouseholes. They can be distinguished from carpenter 
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<DIV></DIV>>bees by the fuzziness. Carpenter bees are hairless and shiny. Mason Bees are 
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<DIV></DIV>>excellent pollinators, the best actually for orchards, so I wouldn't 
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<DIV></DIV>>begrudge sharing my home with them. Carpenter bees serve little ecological 
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<DIV></DIV>>purpose. Traps are available to lure them into nesting in a piece of 
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<DIV></DIV>>firewood, by means of which you can turn carpenter bees into BTU's. If you 
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<DIV></DIV>>do the same with Orchard Mason Bees, you can get a good price for the 
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<DIV></DIV>>firewood, far exceeding its BTU output. Regardless, the damage they inflict 
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<DIV></DIV>>is usually negligible. Ianto Evans has colonies of bees nesting in his 
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<DIV></DIV>>garden wall, and the nest holes are actually quite an attractive and 
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<DIV></DIV>>interesting feature, as they contribute greatly to the ecological wholeness 
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<DIV></DIV>>of the garden. 
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<DIV></DIV>>Darin 
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<DIV></DIV>>-- 
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<DIV></DIV>>"Any close and worthwhile contact with the earth tends to make one original 
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<DIV></DIV>>or at least detached in one's judgments and independent of group control." 
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<DIV></DIV>>--L.H. Bailey 
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