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 ...

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 ...

Each female builds a nest ... Dave Hunter, founder and owner of Crown Bees, and author of Mason Bee Revolution, says, "The ...

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

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 ...

For example, the mason bees (~ 130 species in North America) pollinate blueberries, blackberries, and cherries (Figure 5). After a female mason bee mates she finds a tube-like structure and builds ...

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 ...

BOTHELL, Wash., March 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As winter thaws and temperatures rise, mason bees will soon emerge! Once temps reach 55°F+, these essential pollinators wake from hibernation ...