Mason bees keeping

While honey bees are familiar to most of us, there are many other varieties of bee that are great pollinators. Mason bees are one of them. Here's why you want to encourage them to visit your garden.

Mason bees are the underappreciated type of bee that can help your garden grow. Here's how to welcome these bees on your homestead.

When it comes to paper tubes for cavity-nesting bees, I think I've tried everything. But then I found them: the perfect mason bee straws.

Plenty of myths surround the keeping of bees, whether they are mason bees or honey bees. Here are six of the most commonly heard myths about mason bees.

It's spring and that means it's time for nature's critical pollinators to get busy. As you undoubtedly know, bee populations are in trouble and can use

How to attract mason bees to fruit trees & gardens l Make a mason bee house with simple instructions l Care and keeping of mason bees.

Blog post featured on Twinkl in its article "Why Are Bees So Important?" Since you're reading this post, the chances are that you are already familiar with the concept of solitary bee houses and hotels. Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener's friend, and providing nesting habitat is a great way to help

Learn about keeping orchard mason bees. In late winter, hang your mason bee nest against a wall in a sunny location that has morning light. Placing it about eye level is best. That way you can watch them coming and going. Consider putting the cocoons out near or on the nest in early March. Choose a warm sunny day with little wind. If using the bees for pollinating your fruit trees, wait until the trees are about 25% in bloom. Otherwise look around your garden and neighbourhood to see what is…

The best mason bee house location has the proper orientation, height, and mounting. Adequate forage and nesting material must be close by.