Just as you put up bird houses to attract birds, you can attract Mason Bees with Kinsman’s special bee houses filled with cardboard tubes the size that female bees prefer. In each 6” tube, a Mason bee will lay 6 or more separate egg compartments, sealed with mud and up to 30 or more eggs per bee. These will become the next year’s Mason Bees.
Native American Orchard Mason Bees are superb pollinators. If you have fruit trees, Masons are good to have and they’ll work for free!When plum, cherry, peach and apple trees start to bloom, Mason Bees fly from tree to tree and their hairy bodies pollinate the fruits you’ll enjoy. They don’t make honey – but they don’t sting either, so they’ll let you watch close up as they work.
Install Kinsman’s Mason Bee kits in a sheltered spot that gets the morning sun: under the eaves of a shed or garage is ideal.
Kinsman Garden believes that gardening is your connection to the entire natural world: Plants, birds, insects – and don’t forget the frogs and toads. Every flower you grow draws you closer to the living wonders that surround us.
Kinsman makes its Mason Bee houses in Oregon. Watch video clips of Mason Bees and buy the Bee Houses at www.kinsmangarden.com.
