How to make a mason bee observation box

Want to observe the activities of your mason bees? Here's the second version of the set up I have for watching the bees nesting in my garden.

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Pets & Animals

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• mason bees
• solitary bees
• observation box
• study nature

[fishingcostarica]

Nice video. After you cut the plastic tubes to length, drop them in boiling water for a few minutes and they will be perfectly round and straight.

[solitarybee]

@fishingcostarica - thanks for the tip.  I will try that next time.

[sabrinaworcester1]

thanks for vid, what size are the tubes? and what bees do you get in them? thnaks

[solitarybee]

@sabrinaworcester1 - the tubes are just over 10cm long and 10mm internal diameter. I got Osmia cornutas in there. Worked last year and this year - it doesn't produce a high density of cocoons, but as I found with my first observation box, it's a good way to observe their behaviour and film them.