As winter thaws and temperatures rise, mason bees will soon emerge! Once temps reach 55°F+, these essential pollinators wake ...

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 ...

Warm weather brings about a variety of bugs, including colorful green bees. Here's why you should appreciate the shiny, ...

Not every bee lives in a hive and makes honey. But some of those other bees are necessary for a healthy garden. Mason bees, for instance, are small native bees with 150 species found in North America.

Solvin Zankl (Germany) carefully watches a two-coloured mason bee build the roof of its nest. While exploring a favourite haunt in central Germany, Solvin came across several tiny piles of sticks on ...

While social honeybees have survived the winter by eating stored honey and huddling together to keep warm, some of their ...

From $25; Hedgerow Herb Co., 811 E. Burnside St., Suite 116; hedgerowherbco.com. Raising Mason Bees: 10 a.m.-noon. Join mason bee expert Ron Spendal for a class focusing on environmental needs ...

To bee or not to bee? That is the question that has been well-documented for years as to the importance of bees to our environment.