Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Good for the community! Smart community too that they supported the Bees. Melanie zone 5
On May 27, 2011, at 6:25 PM, Di Koehler wrote:

> thanks Jeff. The staff member convinced the gardener to remove the hive but
> there has been such a neighborhood outcry that they are now going to vote on it
> so she can bring it back. Quite embarrassing to browbeat her into moving it and
> have the bosses get all the flack. We are a vocal community.
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> Dianne Koehler
> Austin, TX zone 8b
> So let me suggest a creative alternative......Mason Bees. They pollinate and
> they are people friendly and you can have the kids build hives using straws and
> the tubes from the center of the Toilet paper rolls and they can paint them and
> you can mount them on poles through out the garden. Management will be thrilled
> the kids have a fun project and the garden gets pollinated and the Mason Bees
> get new homes. Everyone wins. No one gets stung,..... ever!!!
> jeff
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