Summer mason bees that use masticated leaves for nest partitions
Happy new Year! A great way of learning about bees and insects is to have…
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Charley’s Yurt design
Charley, an old friend of mine started with mason bees a few years back. He loves…
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More double decker nests in large fields
Every year more cocoons were produced and so we build more nests. In this…
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Stacking nests in agricultural fields
Here are another couple of stacked large box-like structures to protect mason bee houses during…
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Releasing and storing large numbers of cocoons
Before we used corn nesting trays inside yurts, we used wooden nesting trays in wooden…
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A perfect location for mason bee houses
This old cedar shake cottage, which was probably a livable house at one time, is…
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Our very first yurt
Our very first yurt was made out of wood lath, 6 sided and covered in…
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20 Dec 2010 Crab apples, small and large
After a dinner at a community hall one year, I wandered through the surrounding garden and I…
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Problems with bees finding their own nesting tunnel.
After our trip through Saskatchewan, the idea of a workable yurt for mason bees began. …
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Prairie yurts part 2
Yurts of all colours in the distance. These prairie yurts make pollination feasible since leafcutter bee nests…
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