Mason bee females live for around 30 days after leaving their nest in the early spring. Mason bees lay one or two eggs per day. They frequently build a new nest nearby or in the same nest from which ...

The red mason bee is a small, common bee that nests in hollow plant stems, in holes in cliffs, and in the crumbling mortar of old buildings. It is a solitary bee so, after mating, each female builds ...

While the red mason bee nests in quite large holes, the small scissor bee needs holes just 2mm wide. Others prefer something in the middle, including 6-8mm for leafcutter bees. Try to keep your bee ...

The gentle nature and solitary habitat preferences make mason bees a great species to “keep” in your yard—that is, if you do it the right way. If you don’t set up their home properly, you ...

Bees make up the largest portion of pollinator species in North America and are important to the pollination of food crops as ...

NESTING PREFERENCE. In 2020 we installed a single wooden nest box per orchard, with 80 nesting cavities in 12 sweet cherry orchards in Belgium. Paper straws were inserted in 40 cavities, whereas ...

Red-tailed mason bees have the unusual habit of nesting in empty snail shells. Females lay their eggs inside a shell then plug up the opening with pieces of chewed up leaves, soil, and shell fragments ...