Honeybee populations are again declining, threatening crops. But the honeybee is not the only bee that can work in the fields ...

Mason Bees Are Solitary: Each female lays her own eggs, builds her nest, and gathers food. No hive, no queen, no honey—this makes them non-aggressive and they do not sting. They Hibernate in ...

Red mason bees need a box filled with hollow pipes ... Mason bees use holes in old wood or thick stems for nesting, so hogweed and brambles make good homes for them. A wood pile will make a ...

Mason bees use mud to make their nests. To create a source of mud in your garden, dig flower beds so that they can gather this important nest-building material. Red-tailed mason bees only nest in ...

Plant aromatic herbs and flowers with bright colors to attract bees and butterflies to your garden. Include wooly plants to provide nesting materials ... Yellow Bees don't have red color receptors ...

As temperatures rise, native ground-nesting ... as bumble bees, sweat bees, and the non-native honeybee. In New England, the other 90% — such as carpenter bees, leafcutter bees, mason bees ...

Solitary bees, such as the red mason bee, will mate and then the female will find or create a suitable nest site, lay eggs and seal off the burrow and leave the young grubs to survive on the food ...

is an evangelist for the mason and the leafcutter bee, which also nests in cavities. He is trying to spread the word about native bees because, like the honeybee, they are under pressure.