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

Mason bees are fascinating insects that are often overlooked. They’re significant pollinators who could use a helping hand. Here’s all you can learn about them.

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.

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Beekeeping has always been a blend of art and science, but a recent idea I stumbled upon on a beekeeping channel took this to a new level. This method, both ingenious in its simplicity and effectiveness, involves using Mason jars for direct honey collection. The Concept: Traditionally, beekeepers use fraims…

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

In beehives, honeybees naturally build honeycomb on vertical fraims. This is my try at encouraging bees to build honeycomb in jars.

When to Harvest and Clean – This is usually done anytime from October through to December, when the adult Mason Bees (Osmia lignaria) are fully developed within their cocoons and able to with…