Pollinator Paradise 
Where bees and flowers cooperate for mutual benefit

Help Conserve our Native Bee Pollinators
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How to order:

To place an order, send an e-mail to  Pollinator Paradise or phone 208-722-7808 with a list of the items that you wish to purchase.  We will calculate the shipping and handling, and contact you with a quote for the total price.  Payment can be made by sending a check or money order on receipt of merchandise or before to:
Pollinator Paradise  
31140 Circle Dr.  
Parma, ID 83660

Make checks out to Karen Strickler or Pollinator Paradise.

Or, pay with a credit card or check using PayPal.   After you accept the quote, we will send you a bill via the PayPal web site explaining how to pay.

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Osmia Binderboard®  Our Binderboard have 8 holes per row, and they are held together with a strap.  Tighten strap with a screwdriver. 

 (5/16" diameter, 6" deep tunnels, 8 tunnels per laminate.  Boards should all be protected from rain with a roof, and not left outside uncovered or where standing water during the winter could damage them.
We are now using a strap for extra pressure on all sizes of Osmia Binderboard® except our smallest sampler (still available with bolts). Both designs prevent warping of the wood if the boards get wet.  Read a cherry grower's experience with Binderboard®.  

                All of our Osmia Binderboard® are sold out.  We are sorry for the inconvenience. 

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Straws for Binderboard®    
    

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Leafcutting bee Binderboard®  (5.5mm diameter, 4" deep tunnels, 13 tunnels per laminate)
(Prices subject to change)  Also good for Osmia aglaia and other small to medium twig nesting bees. 
Summer mason bees are attracted to this size tunnel. 

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Straws for Binderboard®   

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Books about Osmia  

Bosch, J. and W. Kemp. 2001. How to Manage the Blue Orchard Bee, Sustainable Ag. Network Handbook series, Book 5. 
This book has excellent color photos, lots of details, and especially good sections on parasites and predators, and on incubation and emergence.  Excellent if you know these bees; a bit technical for a beginner.
Now available free in PDF format at the SARE website:  http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Books/How-to-Manage-the-Blue-Orchard-Bee

Dogterom, M.  2002, revised 2009.  Pollination with Mason Bees.  BEEDIVERSE™ BOOKS 
$16.45 U.S.  plus shipping and handling.  
Black and white drawings, all of the basics of Osmia management plus information on other kinds of bees.  If you are just discovering orchard bees, this is a great book to start with.  Also contains a discussion of loose cocoon management, particularly useful for controlling hairy-fingered mites (they don't affect honeybees). 

To order, send check made out to Karen Strickler / Pollinator Paradise to: 31140 Circle Dr., Parma, ID 83660. 
Or, pay with credit card on PayPal.      

Foreign orders contact Pollinator Paradise for shipping and handling costs.

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Copyright © 2002, Karen Strickler.  All rights reserved.
Updated 1/12/2010