Mason Bee House: Native mason bees can be housed to protect them from pests, diseases and predators. They are excellent early season pollinators for orchards and other early season fruit crops. Mason bees can do more work than non-native honey bees, even on a cloudy…

2023年5月29日 · Mason bees are solitary by nature. The making of a homemade mason bee house is an exciting project that involves simple woodworking. Learn more.

2021年5月5日 · DIY Mason Bee House — Free Plans Using all of the above research, I nixed my original plan of building a larger bee house, and will instead build several smaller ones. I constructed most of these houses out of scrap lumber (pine), so they aren’t all going to look alike.

2019年5月17日 · If you’re lazy and just want to buy a mason bee house, here’s my draft listing of companies that seem to make good ones. Please also see my guide to bee houses you should avoid.

2016年5月2日 · Providing A Mason Bee House. If you’d like mason bees to be present in your garden in the largest numbers possible, thereby providing the maximum amount of pollination for your orchard and garden, you can also create nesting sites for them.

Mason bees rarely sting (the males don't even have the ability to sting) and are great pollinators for backyard gardens. This build is super easy and can be done by kids and adults alike with materials you probably have around the house!

The easiest method to attract mason bees is to construct “houses” in which the bees can lay their eggs. These houses have drilled holes that extend up to 5 1⁄2 inches into the wood and mimic naturally-occurring holes that the bees find attractive.