Some of these bee houses were made by drilling holes ... cherry and plum trees. One type of mason bee, the blue orchard bee, visits more flowers per minute than European honeybees and are more ...

Instead, mason bees, most commonly the native blue orchard mason bee (Osmia lignaria ... Then insert cocoons in homemade or purchased nesting houses and hang out in the yard, preferably in ...

The Blue Orchard Bee, which occurs naturally in ... nesting in holes in my home’s exterior brick. You can purchase mason bee houses, which you fill with paper or reed tubes.

The blue orchard Mason bee has a greenish iridescent ... Rent Mason Bees’ Mason bee kits ($60) include a Mason bee house, nesting block, bag of clay, pollinator flower seeds, and 50 to 60 ...

These solitary native bees -- most commonly the blue orchard mason bee (Osmia lignaria ... she recommends purchasing a nesting house, which contains straws filled with cocoons that hatch ...

Rather, they are a metallic blue-green — like a house fly ... A male mason bee emerges from his cocoon. Mason bees are also called “blue orchard bees” for their color and their ability ...

The blue orchard bee, also known as the orchard mason bee, is undergoing intensive study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture pollinating insect research unit at Utah State University at Logan.

sluggish blue orchard mason bees waking up from their time in refrigeration. They're moving slowly now, but soon the bees will be buzzing about for the last few weeks of their short lives in their ...

A female blue orchard bee is a multitasking master. Her beautiful nests help food grow. Pollinator. Mason. Jeweler. A female blue orchard bee is a multitasking master. She fashions exquisite nests ...

But behold the humble mason bee! Also called the blue orchard bee, it inelegantly "belly flops" onto a flower, Hunter says. It flings pollen everywhere. Covered in pollen, the hairy mason bee then ...