Yes, you would have to work on building up the mason bee numbers, just as
you do the honey bees. If you could use alfalfa leafcutting bees, you can
buy as many as those as you want from Canada, Wyoming, or Montana. Alfalfa
seed growers usually release 2-3 gallons of dormant bees per acre, and there
are about 10,000 females per gallon.

But if your blue berries are blooming now, and you might reach 60F today, it
would be too cold for the alfalfa leafcutting bee. Mason bees would be a
better choice, they like early spring weather. They are not as readily
available commercially, but you can provide them with nesting blocks (boards
with holes drilled in them) to help build up the numbers for subsequent years.

Yes, yes, your original post was a joke. But you said, "give me a bee that
will..." and I just wanted you to know that was not as hopeless a request as
you thought! I couldn't resist responding.

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