I keep mason bees. They sleep in cardboard tubes all winter long. I worry about my little bees until I see them chew out of their nesting tubes in the spring. I talked about how mason bees and all ...

The orchards, gardens and natural areas of the Yakima Valley depend on pollinators to flourish. Managed hives of non-native honeybees pollinate the orchards. After blossom drop, these hives are moved ...

Signing up and Zoom link: https://extension.wsu.edu/spokane/event/attracting-and-keeping-native-mason-bees/ Spring is getting closer and with it planning for early ...

Gardeners know that having bees around is a big help in the garden. Some gardeners even turn to urban beekeeping to attract some industrious pollinators to the yard (and reap the reward: honey). If ...

To investigate the nesting behaviour of stem-nesting bees and wasps, homemade ‘bee hotels’ containing cardboard nest tubes were placed out from March to September 2021 in three Co. Dublin orchards ...

Bend Ducks Unlimited and Mtn. View High FFA members were back along the Deschutes River in Bend for a second year on Monday, checking on and installing more mallard nesting tubes, a safe place to lay ...

West Vancouver (B.C.) Memorial Library’s bee lending program sends patrons home with a bee bungalow, including 12 nesting tubes and 15 dormant cocoons. Through the program, participants care for their ...

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

Scouts, FFA kids help Ducks Unlimited freshen mallard nesting tubes in Bend’s Old Mill By KTVZ Published February 20, 2023 7:34 pm ...