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Garden club notes anniversary

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RICES LANDING – The Town & Country Garden Club of Rices Landing, organized in October 1951 and federated in 1952, observed its 62nd anniversary during its October meeting.

President Kay Bair, who offered congratulations to club members, also presented the program, “Attracting Nature’s Super Pollinators – Mason Bees.”

In the wild, mason bees nests in holes created by woodpeckers and beetles. They do not excavate their own holes. Mason bees are non-aggressive and are extremely docile because they have no colony or queen to defend.

A mason bee nest is a small box with a slide open drawer containing 10 clear nesting tubes which allow the monitoring of the bees. The nest should be placed within a few yards of a source of nectar and pollen with some water nearby. The box is nailed to a tree post or building so the entrants of the tubes face southerly for the morning sun thus protecting the entrance holes from the north wind.

Creating edible landscapes and bee-safe habitats in backyards can help save the food supply threatened by declining honey bee pollinators. Nearly one-third of our food supply is threatened by lack of pollination.

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