Blueberry bee (Osmia ribifloris) is native to the coastal mountains of southern California. This solitary bee normally gathers pollen from manzanita, but will pollinate blueberries. Download high resolution version (640x946, 180 KB)This bee, Osmia ribifloris (on a barberry flower), is an effective pollinator of commercial blueberries and is one of several relatives of the blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria. ... Download high resolution version (640x946, 180 KB)This bee, Osmia ribifloris (on a barberry flower), is an effective pollinator of commercial blueberries and is one of several relatives of the blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria. ... Species See text See Manzanita (album) for the Mia Doi Todd album. ... For other uses, see Blueberry (disambiguation). ...
Osmia lignaria (commonly called the orchard mason bee, blue orchard bee, mason bee, or orchard bee) is a pollinator of many fruit crops, including almond, apple, cherry, pear, and plum (16).
Osmia cornifrons (the horned-faced or hornfaced bee) is a commercial pollinator of apples in Japan and is a pollinator of orchard crops grown in areas of higher humidities in the U.S. The hornfaced bee is 80 times more effective than honeybees for pollinating apples (14).
Osmiaribifloris (sometimes called the blueberry bee) has been used successfully as a highly effective and manageable pollinator of highbush blueberry (16).
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