The blue orchard mason bee is an efficient pollinator ... summer and is ready to lay her first eggs, which hatch into female worker bees that collect nectar and pollen, make honey and maintain ...

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 ...

Female bees are the most important pollinators in our region ... because they carry their pollen under their abdomen (notice the picture lower left). Mason bees use mud in nest construction and are ...

Vermont native bees are a very different creature than the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and, some biologists point out, ...

As winter thaws and temperatures rise, mason bees will soon emerge! Once temps reach 55°F+, these essential pollinators wake from hibernation, ready to get to work. Millions of bee hotels are sold ...