Mason Bee House

Mason Bees are Nature's Best Pollinators

• Decorative house attracts pollinating mason bees
• Made from long-lasting bamboo
• Mason bees are small, non-stinging beneficial insects

Boost your garden's productivity by providing a happy home for peaceful, non-stinging Mason bees. Slightly smaller than honeybees, mason bees are incredible pollinators. Each one visits as many as 1000 blooms per day — 20 times as many as a honeybee! Hang this natural bamboo house against a tree or wall where it will get morning sun and attract mason bees. Female bees fill the bamboo tubes with their eggs, and nectar and pollen for the young to eat.

Product Details

• Natural bamboo
• Lasts one to two years
• Designed to attract Mason bees (bees not included)
• 5-3/4" W x 10" H x 5-3/4" D
• Gardener's Supply Exclusive

Articles

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  Attracting Beneficial Bees

  Planting pollen- and nectar-rich flowers is a very important way to help counter the decline in pollinator populations. Most bees are attracted to flowers for their pollen as well as their nectar.
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  About Mason Bees

  Learn how to put mason bees to work, pollinating your garden.
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  Meet the Pollinators

  Yes, honeybees are important pollinators. However, many species of butterflies, moths, birds, flies — even bats! — also pollinate flowers. This article introduces you to some common (and not-so-common) ones.
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  Attracting Butterflies, Hummingbirds and Other Pollinators

  Five ways gardeners can welcome pollinators; a list of plants that attract butterflies, hummingbirds and beneficial bees.
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  Planters for Pollinators

  When you think about what to plant in your planters and windowboxes, consider making a few containers that are designed to attract birds and butterflies. The compositions in the slideshow are sure to inspire you.