The farmer asked us if we could place additional mason bees into his orchard besides…
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Setting up the D27Yurt in late March- Vancouver BC
This week I have been busy setting up yurts to house my mason bee cocoons.…
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Yurt made from re-bar
Tim and a re-bar yurt You may wonder about my fascination with yurts. This fascination…
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Steve E and his mini-yurt for almond pollination
Steve E from California, contacted me about setting out mason bees in an almond orchard. He asked…
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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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Our very first yurt
Our very first yurt was made out of wood lath, 6 sided and covered in…
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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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Bees in the prairies
The first time I saw yurts was in 2005. Strange structures in a prairie alfalfa…
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