Mason bees

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

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

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This has been a fascination of mine for the last few years, Mason Bees - How to Raise Your Own! As our planet is ever-changing with the...

I want to raise mason bees on my second-floor balcony. I will put a container of mud nearby, but what are good sources of mud? Our ground near here has...

michelle | backyard farm & garden on Instagram: "It’s mason bee season! 🐝 If you’ve been following for a while, you know that every Spring I order mason bees from @crown_bees for my little backyard orchard. I love mason bees for my backyard for a few reasons: 🌸 they’re super pollinators: 1 mason bee can do the pollinating work of 100 honey bees 🌸 they don’t travel far, staying within a 300 yard radius, so they’ll work within a backyard garden 🌸 they are gentle, rarely sting, and I find…

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 [...]

We love all of these bee friendly ideas for the garden. These are great ways to attract more bees to our outdoor living space!

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)....