Harvesting mason bee cocoons from our cardboard BeeTubes is easy and it keeps your mason bees safe from their deadly pests and diseases. Harvest your mason bee cocoons from October-December. 1. Separate filled and unfilled BeeTubes and save the unused BeeTubes to set out next spring. Check the spin-closed end for mud and open those tubes. 2. With a pair of scissors, snip the mud-capped or open end of the BeeTube. Our cardboard tubes easily tear along the spiral. 3. Pro Tip: Use a paper clip or d
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🐝 Did you know that mason bees, aka blue orchard bees (Osmia lignaria), are excellent pollinators? They’re 120 times more effective at pollinating than honey bees or bumble bees. By introducing native mason bees into your environment in the south coast of BC, you will inevitably improve the pollination of your crops to increase your fruit production this year. 🍎🍐 Here are 5 simple steps to releasing mason bees in the spring: 1. Come and pick up some mason bee cocoons and a mason bee kit that
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For those interested in native bees, here’s a peek inside a mason bee house. The primary reason we collect our mason bee cocoons is to wash off the pollen mites. Pollen mites eat food reserves left for bee larvae, thereby causing the larvae to starve. When I note the cocoons look dirty, I’m referring to the high number of pollen mites (the white dots). The frass and mud is expected and washes off easily. Just wait until I clean them. I’ll do a follow up post soon so you can see just how differen
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