Mason bee house

It is National Pollinator Week , and I figured a way to commemorate this was to build a mason bee nest box (more on this in a little bit)....

Celebrate mason and leafcutter bees with your family by providing bee houses and harvesting their cocoons to keep them safe. We have three styles of bee houses you can make with just a few simple tools and supplies.

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Our bee population is quickly fading thanks to pesticides and GMO crops. Help keep these important animals thriving with a mason bee house you can make from a simple wooden cubby box. #ad #thriftstorefind

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

4 simple steps to attract mason bees to fruit trees l Includes instructions for DIY mason bee house, facts, care and use of mason bees in the home orchard l Homesteadlady.com #bees #masonbees #pollinators #homesteading #fruittrees #organicorchard

The Mason bee is a common name for species of bees. They are named from their habit of making compartments of mud in their nests, which are made in hollow reeds or holes in wood made by wood-boring insects. For this specific reason, it is very easy to build a house for the Mason bee, they are not too picky [...]

Made by Guatemalan carpenters in the Ixil region. All proceeds from these houses go directly to the Agros Ixil training center to help more natives gain skills. This unique design holds about 150 straws/reeds for mason bees. It has an overhang to keep the straws/reeds drier. the floor slopes outwards as well.

Attracting more pollinators to your flower beds or garden is as simple as setting up an adorable mid-century bee house! Mason bees won’t necessarily show up because they love modern housing, but they do love to nest inside pre-existing holes. This nonaggressive species of bee isn’t big on stinging because they aren’t guarding honey and they…

Mason bees are a welcomed pollinator to any garden. So much so, that many people enjoy installing mason bee houses in hopes of attracting mason bees to their homes. Recently, a parasitic fly has been damaging mason bee populations. This fly is called the Houdini fly. Luckily, if we take the proper precautions and properly care for our mason bee houses and coccoons, we can help to protect mason bees from the Houdini fly.