Gardeners know that having bees around is a big help in the garden. Some gardeners even ... the game by attracting solitary bees with a mason bee house, which gives mason bees a place to reproduce.

While honey bees get a lot of attention, mason bees play an important role, especially for many native plants, fruit trees and vegetable ... in your garden. To make your own mason bee house ...

If you were a Mason bee, you’d want a friend like Thyra McKelvie. She loves these gentle bees, has created videos promoting them in the home garden (youtube.com/c ...

and it's worth a reminder if you want to set up a mason bee house in your yard or garden this spring. If you’re going to make your own mason bee house, Purrington offers his own tutorial here ...

If you grow vegetables ... you want to increase your home garden yields and help the overall bee population, but you’re not prepared to become a beekeeper? Mason bees are the answer.

In return, they help pollinate plants in our home vegetable gardens and farm ... You can buy a premade orchard mason bee house at some garden centers and through mail-order sites such as Planet ...

While recycling old soup and coffee cans is one option, consider saving a few and upcycling them into these garden features ...

DENVER — A healthy garden ... house fly. Females do have stingers, but will only sting if stepped on or squished. With spring only a few weeks away, now is the time to prepare an inviting mason ...

They are good at pollinating garden plants, so we get fruit and vegetables and seeds and berries. But placing a bee house by the kitchen window and observing these creatures, even when one species ...