Helping Bees Pollinate

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Uploaded by on Aug 7, 2009

Bee colonies are struggling to stay healthy right now. This bee house gives the Orchard Mason Bee a place to live and raise its young.

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  • went to a class about bee's and hives.mason bee houses was mention there and arcticblond10 is correct do not use Cedar for any bee houses.Cedar kills bugs and Bees alike.Use good old pine,it is not expensive,easy to work with,even for children,and after a few years you can make new ones.ours lasted about 7 years before the bees did not want to go back in.then get a compass and point your nest to the south.the first year we had 1/2 of all the boxes filled.not bad for the first year.good luck.

  • Cedar will kill the bees. There are enough other types of wood to use.

  • They are great little fruit tree pollinators and sometimes more effective pollinators than honey bees; I have several films of the fierce 'solitary bee competition' which may explain why.

    Good that you are encouraging gardeners in the solitary bee direction.

  • I thought cedar was to keep insects out

    Like cedar chests.

    Doesnt this apply to bees?

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