Solitary bees, such as the red mason bee, will mate and then the female ... Changes in farming practices have reduced the number and variety of flowers, and therefore the availability of pollen ...

Red mason bees need a box filled with hollow pipes ... try putting their box in a place they’ll be foraging for food, such as in a flower bed, near a wall with a plant growing up it, or under ...

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 ...