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  • A perfect location for mason bee houses

    by Margriet Dogterom on December 23, 2010

    This old cedar shake cottage, which was probably a livable house at one time, is…

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  • Our very first yurt

    by Margriet Dogterom on December 22, 2010

    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

    by Margriet Dogterom on December 21, 2010

    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.

    by Margriet Dogterom on December 19, 2010

    After our trip through Saskatchewan, the idea of a workable yurt for mason bees began. …

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  • Prairie yurts part 2

    by Margriet Dogterom on December 18, 2010

    Yurts of all colours in the distance.  These prairie yurts make pollination feasible since leafcutter bee nests…

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  • Bees in the prairies

    by Margriet Dogterom on December 17, 2010

    The first time I saw yurts was in 2005.  Strange structures in a prairie alfalfa…

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  • Food plants for bees

    by Margriet Dogterom on December 15, 2010

    Thank you for your feedback, comments, great ideas and questions.  If you have any pictures and…

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  • Yurt

    by Margriet Dogterom on December 15, 2010

    A mason bee on a cabbage flower.   Our first yurts were made out of…

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  • In the early 1990’s…

    by Margriet Dogterom on December 15, 2010

     In the early 1990’s at the beginning of my research on mason bees,  I…

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What are leafcutter bees?

  • Our CASTLE for leafcutter bees, pre-loaded with a nesting BLOK
  • Closeup of Nesting BLOK
  • Leafcutter bee close-up
  • Leafcutter bee peeking out of her nesting tunnel and ready for work
  • -collecting nectar
  • -bringing in a leaf and yellow pollen
  • -on a magic carpet
  • =plugging nest with leaves
  • -smaller than a homey bee
  • - fall harvested leavecutter bee cocoons and leafcutter bee
  • Filled nesting tunnel with leafcutter bee cocoons
  • Harvested leafcutter bee cocoons
  • Leaves and petals make up the leafcutter bee cocoon
  • A variety of leaves used by leafcutters to make their nest plugs.

mason bees

  • Male mason bee feeding on nectar inside a dandelion flower.
  • Female mason bee coming back with a load of pollen.
  • A sharp turn to her nest loaded with pollen grains.
  • Female preparing to land at her nesting tunnel.

Apple blossoms are pollinated after the pink stage.

comments

  • Andrew Frizzell on Releasing mason bees later – keeping them cool
  • Ray Corse on Releasing mason bees later – keeping them cool
  • Andrew Frizzell on Frank M. from Victoria, BC sends photos and writes about his mason bee “harvesting group”
  • scott on Frank M. from Victoria, BC sends photos and writes about his mason bee “harvesting group”
  • Andrew Frizzell on Winter Questions, Answers and Observations
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