Because they build chambers inside the tubes, they were given the name ... It's a pretty hands-off sort of deal." Mason bees are a shy bee and rarely sting. That means the garden isn't dangerous ...

In many bee species ... two types of bees prefer pre-made tubes to build their nurseries in. Tubes can be natural hollow plant stems or man-made short lengths of bamboo placed inside a horizontal ...

Ideally, mason bee larvae feast on the pollen and emerge from the nesting tube as mature mason bees, said Richard Zack ... That is, unless a Houdini fly creeps inside to perform its dark magic.

The population of most varieties of bees is steadily ... resources), fill your bee hotel with wooden blocks or a mixture of ...

Because they build chambers inside the tubes, they were given the ... stands in front of her bee hotel, which homes the mason bees that pollinate her fruit trees. Beth Cummings, a retired college ...

As honeybees die off again, some bee enthusiasts want to give mason bees a chance Honeybees, which are tasked with pollinating many of the agricultural crops in the United States, are dying off in ...