>I am looking for information on a bee that does well in a greenhouse >situation. I have heard that perhaps this would be a "Blue Orchard Bee", >"A Blue Bee", etc. Any information would be helpful. (As I am new on the >list please answer to my e-mail directly if this subject has been visited >before.) Thanks! Sally, Probably the Osmea genus. Try Agr. Res (USDA) 35:7. p. 10-11. 1987. Also The Director, Hort. Exp. Sta., Iitoyo, Kitakami, Iwate 024, Japan, where they raise Osmea cornuta--"Horn-faced" blue bees. Dick Strohl 2648 Inglewood Ave. S. St. Louis Park, MN 55416-3928 [log in to unmask]