Gardeners love mason bees, the nonaggressive, super-pollinator cousins of the honey bee. It’s easy to find adorable mason bee “hotels” with stacked, bee-sized nesting tubes hanging in yards around Cla ...

Life would be sad without berries. For years, I’ve had a Mason bee “hotel” in the garden, a simple box filled with hollow bamboo tubes to provide nesting space. The gentle, nonstinging Mason ...

Plus, you can build or buy bee houses made of replaceable nesting tubes. Once you’ve got these ... There are about 140 mason ...

Mason bee bungalows look like birdhouses packed with a dozen narrow tubes, one mother bee per tube, that mimic natural nesting holes. Each February, participants in WVML’s program take home and ...

BOTHELL, Wash., March 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As winter thaws and temperatures rise, mason bees will soon emerge! Once temps reach 55°F+, these essential pollinators wake from hibernation, ready ...

There is no queen bee and there are no worker bees. "All females are queens," says Hunter. Sponsor Message Female mason bees lay their eggs in cavities or tubes, and then seal the entrance with ...

Where do mason bees live? Learn about the mason bee life cycle, mason bee predators, and what you can do to help this gentle and productive pollinator. Mason bees are one of Mother Nature’s most ...

As honeybees die off again, some bee enthusiasts want to give mason bees a chance Honeybees, which are tasked with pollinating many of the agricultural crops in the United States, are dying off in ...