The blue orchard mason bee is an efficient pollinator of fruit trees. Blueberry bees are a stocky, solitary species and look similar to bumblebees. They vibrate their wings at a blossom to shake ...

Urquhart has been caring for bees in her backyard for more than 25 years and maintains a colony of Blue Orchard mason bees, which are efficient pollinators. In 2016, library administrators approved ...