Talk:Orchard bee

Redirect "Orchard Bee"
Redirecting "Orchard Bee" to Osmia lignaria was a poor redirect. For example, it redirected a reference to a Japanese orchard bee to O. lignaria. O. lignaria is one of several Osmia that are considered to be an "orchard bee", depending upon global location. Other orchard Osmia include Osmia cornuta, Osmia cornifrons, and Osmia rufa; there probably are others. Many mining bees (Andrenidae) are also considered potential orchard bees, as studies show that they sometimes play a significant and undercredited role in fruit tree pollination.

I nominate "Orchard bee" to be either a list of choices or a new topic. In the meantime, I've redirected to Mason bees, not perfect but better.

GeeBee60 (talk) 16:28, 31 October 2016 (UTC)