Mason Bees

We got some more Mason Bees at the HOS event.

They are good for pollinating fruit trees and everything else really.

They like living in holes or tubes that are 5/16 of an inch - picky little critters.

I plan to attached them under the eaves where they will be out of the wind, sun and rain.

The setup...

The tubes get bent in half and then grouped up with a rubber band.

After that, I wrapped the coffee cans in grey tape (not shown), so they were not so, well red. Not sure if the red color would be off putting to the bees or not, or attract predators.

After mounting them, I used some electrical tape to attach the bees to the cans so they can find the tubes. The bees are in those clear tubes. You just open them up so the bees can come out when they want to. 

Captain Dave