Re: Mason bees

Kert Davies (kert@ewg.org)
Wed, 19 Jun 1996 15:08:42 -0400

Great information on bumble bees, Guy Ames! I'll save that note.

I recently ran across an article on various wildlife "boxes" one can
purchase, including of course birdhouses, bat boxes, butterfly boxes and
something I had never seen before, Mason Bee boxes; looked like a birdhouse
with little 1/4 inch holes drilled in the front, like a bee apartment
building. Mason bees are solitary bees that naturally live in holes in
stone and wood, I think. They were called the "friendly" bees of the
garden. Does anyone knw more about these bees, where they live and how to
make one of these boxes?

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