Nest holes are placed in soft sandstone, but the bees cannot tunnel into hard sandstone. Soft sandstones are relatively low in quartz and high in clay. The bees have a preference for the soft ...

They form nests with a queen and worker bees but unlike honeybees (which are not native to North America and were introduced in the 1600s) the nest only survives one year with a newly mated queen ...

They form nests with a queen and worker bees but unlike honeybees (which are not native to North America, and were introduced in the 1600s) the nest only survives one year with a newly mated queen ...

They form nests with a queen and worker bees but unlike honeybees (which are not native to North America, and were introduced in the 1600s) the nest only survives one year with a newly mated queen ...

In the wild, mason bees nest in beetle burrows found inside dead logs and stumps. Adding a nesting box like this homemade one will help attract bees to your garden. DYAN EISENBERGER ...

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Native bees can be divided between soil and wood dwellers. Of those, approximately 70% nest in the ground by digging a tunnel in bare or semi-bare, well-draining soil.

Commercial mason bee nests are designed to meet the nesting preferences of a single bee species, with a single tunnel diameter and depth. The tunnel diameter determines the species that will adopt ...