BEE BLOGBlog
Welcome to the Bee Blog! Explore tips, videos and guides to help you host, care for and learn about mason and leafcutter bees.
Local Mason Bee Pick Up Events
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How to Harvest, Wash, and Store Mason Bee Cocoons
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How to Get Rid of Predators in Your Mason Bee Hotel
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3 Mason Bee Predators Every Host Should Know
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Learn What Mono Wasps Look Like in Mason Bee Nest
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Learn What Houdini Flies Look Like in Mason Bee Nest
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Learn What Chalkbrood Looks Like in Mason Bee Nest
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Learn What Pollen Mites Look Like in a Mason Bee Nest
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You're Invited: Annual Mason Bee Block Party & Mini-Harvest
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Are Your Leafcutter Bees Still Active?
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Learn How to Return Your Nesting Blocks in September!
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Meet the Wasp That Hunts Crickets & Nests in Your Bee Hotel
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Jim's Garden in Indianapolis
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Oregon State University's Guide to Nurturing Mason Bees
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How to Build Healthy Solitary Bee Hotels & Nesting Blocks
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Tommy's Garden in North Carolina
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Bee Care: What's Next for Your Bees? End of May Update
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Your Summer Pollinator: Leafcutter Bee Guide!
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Inside the Houdini Fly Research Project
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TV Crew Visits Oregon Research Cages
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How to Care for Blue Orchard Bees and Stop Houdini Flies
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Invasive Houdini Fly Spreading Across North America
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Mason Bee Nose Best! Where Did My Mason Bees Go?
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How to Examine Cocoons
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Rent Mason Bees on KING5 News
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3 Million Clean Mason Bee Cocoons for Spring
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Bee House Makeover: Mud Plugs, Never Cleaned
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3 Million Mason Bee Cocoons Ready for Spring
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How to Host Solitary Bees & Keep Them Healthy
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Bee House Makeover: Mold and Predators
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Mason Bees Need Mud: 3 Easy Ways to Provide It
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How to Hang a Bee House
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Join Us This Spring at Our Mason bee Events
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Rescue Cocoons If You Missed Fall
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Complete Guide to Hosting Mason Bees!
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For the Love of Mason Bees on Cultivating Place
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12 Native Flowers to Plant Now to Feed Pollinators
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Grow More Fruit with Mason Bees!
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’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the yard,
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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
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'Tis the Season to Bee Jolly & Share Your Love of Mason Bees
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Introducing the BEE SHIELD for Cardboard Tubes
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Dimensions of Our Bee Supplies!
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Mason Bee Education Kit for Classrooms
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Free Teaching Tools for Mason Bee Lessons
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A Mason Bee Teaching Story You'll Love!
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New Videos! UC Davis Bee Lab Series
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What We Learned from Backyard Mason Bee Hosts
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Houdini Fly Update + How to Clean Your Cocoons
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Houdini Fly Update: Where They Are, Future Research
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Mono Wasp: Learn How to Protect Your Mason Bees
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Largest Solitary Bee Rental and Conservation Program
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3 Million Cocoons Cleaned so You Can Release Healthy Bees
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Fall Cleaning & Maintenance Tips for Mason Bee Hotels
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Live in the Lab- UC Davis Bee Lab with Abigail Lehner
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Watch How We Clean 3 Million Mason Bee Cocoons
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Learn How to Clean & Harvest Your Own Mason Bees
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Mason Bee Cleaning Supplies for Less Than $10
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Is your bee house empty?
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Leafcutter Bees: From Alfalfa Crops to Your Backyard
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The Origin of Your Leafcutter Bees
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The Role of Leafcutter Bees in Farming
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Learn About Leafcutter Bees
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What Voltinism Means for Mason and Leafcutter Bees
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It's Time to Put Your Leafcutter Bees Out! Learn How
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Video Part 2: What Are Your Baby Bees Doing?
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When will your leafcutter bees emerge?
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Video Part 1: What Are Your Baby Bees Doing?
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Safe Gardening Tips for Pollinators
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What's Next for Your Bees?
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The Bee for Summer Veggies, Fruit, and Greenhouses
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Houdini Fly Update! High report of Houdini! Learn Where
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Protect Mason Bees over the Summer
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Meet the Leafcutter Bee
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Buzzing into May - Steps for Mason Bees!
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Meet Our Bee Team!
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Safe Gardening Tip - How to Remove Ants from Your Bee House
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How to Report a Houdini Fly in a Nesting Block
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Why Bamboo & Drilled Logs Harm Mason Bees
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It's the First Day of Spring!
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6 Unique Things to Experience in Bothell, WA
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How to Use Mason Bees to Boost Fruit Tree Pollination!
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Dandelions Are First to Bloom and Feed Spring Bees
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Garden Tip - What to Plant in Spring to Feed Your Bees!
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Spring Steps for a Healthy Mason Bee Habitat: Easy Guide!
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How to Get Kids Involved with Mason Bees: Hold a "Baby Bee"!
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Welcome Spring Mason Bees into Your Yard
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New Partner - City Fruit
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Mason Bee Hotels Require Fall Maintenance - Learn How!
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Mason Bee Hotels Require Fall Maintenance
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News & Radio - The Dirty Work of Owning Mason Bees
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What to Plant in Fall for Spring Mason Bees
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Learn How to Ship Nesting Blocks Back in September
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Year-Round Care for a Mason Bee House
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Leafcutter Bees and Whether Yours Will Emerge
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Research Study on Pollen Mites by UC Riverside
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Pollen Mites in Nesting Chambers and on a Mason Bee
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Part 3: What Are Your Baby Bees Doing?
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Part 2 "What are your baby bees doing?"
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Mason Bee Rescue - Transition bees from harmful bamboo
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Part 1 - What are your baby bees doing?
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Leafcutter Bees Help Farmers
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Pollinator Friendly Ways to Deal with Mosquitoes
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Your Garden's Super Pollinators!
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When to Remove Mason Bees
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Safe Gardening Tips- Slugs, Earwigs, Ants, Mosquitos
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How to Check Your Bees & Open Cocoons
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Holding Leafcutter Bees
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Mason Bee Predator Alert - Invasive Houdini Fly
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Learn What to Plant for Pollinators
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How to remove earwigs from your garden and bee house
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Welcome to Spring!
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How to Involve Kids with Mason Bees!
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How to Provide a Healthy Habitat for Mason Bees
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Protecting Our Pollinators - How to Support Solitary Bees
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Creating a buzz: Local bee enthusiasts looking toward spring
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Where Do Mason Bees Live?
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Pollinators at Work Sign
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A Guide to Getting Your Bee Hotel Ready for Mason Bees!
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How to Plant a Pollinator Garden
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Pre-Order Your Bees for 2024
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Neglected Bee Hotels Pose a Threat to Mason Bee Populations
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Predator Alert! Haunted Bee House
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Autumn Brings a Buzz: Bothell's Rent Mason Bees team cleans
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Life Cycle of a Mason Bee and How You Can Make an Impact
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Our Bee Family is Expanding! New Brewery
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Newsletter - GrandbaBEES: Leafcutter Bees Full Block or No
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Newsletter - Let's Check on Your Mason Bee Babies!
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Newsletter - Stages of Mason Bee Development
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Mrs. Smith's Science Class Studies Mason Bees & Pollen Mites
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New Discoveries Inside a Mason Bee Nesting Block
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Learn How Leafcutter Bees Make Their Nests
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Newsletter - Sharing our love of mason bees with you
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Check Your Cocoons for Mono Wasps
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Mason Bees Up Close & None Came Back to My Block. Why?
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Newsletter - When to remove mason block, protect from mono
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When to Swap Mason Block and Release Leafcutter Bees
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Newsletter - Pollinator Garden Tips
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Teach Your Neighbors About Solitary Bees
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Mason Bee Mud Plugs
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Newsletter - Learn About Leafcutter Bees
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Newsletter - It's Time to Release Bees
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Once Bees Have Emerged What Will Happen?
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How to deter birds and paper wasps
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Want a buzz in your backyard?
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Blue Orchard and Hornfaced Mason Bees
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14 Must Have Items for Those with a Green Thumb
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National Gardening Day - Plant Heather to Feed Bees!
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First Day of Spring!
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Why We Need Solitary Pollinator Bees
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Bee Research - UC Davis Bee Lab
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Bee Careful; Use Them Wisely to Pollinate Plants
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Top Tips to Get You Ready for Your Mason and Leafcutter Bees
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Learn How to Set Up Your Mason Bee Starter Kit
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Northwest Flower & Garden Festival
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Haunted Bee House -See what predators lurk inside
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New Items in Our Online Store!
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How to Transition Old Nesting Material to Healthy Nests
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How to Make a Clay/Mud Hole for Mason Bees
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Mason Bees Don't Chew Wood… Those are the Carpenter Bees
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Press Release - Solitary Bees for Your Backyard Garden
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Top Gifts for Gardeners
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How 'Rented' Solitary Bees Can Help Your Garden
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Newsletter - It's Time to Return Your Nesting Blocks
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Tribute to Mason Bees!
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Watch all 3 Videos to see how baby mason bees grow
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Predator: Mono Wasp! Learn how to protect your bees
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Learn How to Safely Store Mason Bees over Summer
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Newsletter - Learn About Summer Leafcutter Bees
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Look Inside a Mason Bee Nesting Block
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Newsletter - Learn When to Swap Mason and Leafcutter Blocks
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Mono Wasps Inside Mason Bee Cocoon
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How to Prevent Birds from Eating Your Mason Bees
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Newsletter - How to Care for Your Mason Bees
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Guest Speaker for Sound Waters University
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Safe Gardening Tip - 10 Ways to Safely Remove Slugs Without
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Where are my mason bees and why are no holes plugged?
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Where do mason bees sleep at night?
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Radio Show - Let's Talk Animals "Mason Bees"
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The Birds & the Bees Talk
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Over 160,000 Native Blue Orchard Mason Bees Released
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Learn How Mason Bees Help Your Yard and Our Planet
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Cold Temperatures in Spring! What About My Bees?
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Mason Bee Predator Research - Pollen Mites & Chalkbrood
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How to Host Solitary Bees "Mother Earth News & Friends"
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Spring is Here! It's Mason Bee Time!
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Newsletter - How to Host Mason & Leafcutter Bees
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What is in your kit and how to set it up
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Newsletter - Top Tips on Hosting Solitary Bees!
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Everything you need to know to host mason
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Backyard Solitary Bees
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Leafcutter Bee Harvest
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How to Attract and Host Mason Bees
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A Year with Mason Bees
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How to Get Mason Bees in Your Yard - Rent Them
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Gift the Gift of Pollination!
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Renting Bees to Farms and Gardeners Keeps Bothell Company
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Mason Bee Cocoons
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Mason Bee Fall Harvest
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The inside of mason and leafcutter blocks
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Welcome Nina Tran to Our Bee Team!
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Leafcutter Bees Carry Leaves in Slow Motion
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Leafcutter Bee Predator Alert - Kleptoparasitic Wasps
ReadMason Bees- Why No Holes or Few Holes Plugged?
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Part 3 - What are your baby bees doing?
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What are the personality types of your outdoor space?
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We show you leafcutter blocks
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Tickle Bees! Leafcutter bees are super pollinators
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Triangle Gardener Magazine - Pollinator Plants
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Tribute to Mason Bee Lovers!
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Friend or foe? a guide to New York's bees and wasps
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End of Mason Bee Season
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Learn About Summer Leafcutter Bees
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Best in Show - Creature Comforts
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Solitary Bees - A Gardener's Dream Team
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Happy Earth Week!
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Friendly Bees Busy at Work
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The Buzz on Backyards
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Komo TV "Seattle Refined" Your Baby Bees in the Spotlight
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What are your mason bees doing?
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Learn About Non-Stinging, Belly Flopping Mason Bees
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Rent Mason Bees Donates over 50,000 Bees to Bainbridge
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Koin TV "Washington company rents out bees for your garden
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Unpacking Your Kit & How to Hang Your Mason Bee House
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Teach Kids About Mason Bees!
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Bees- Make it Personal by Teaching Kids About Pollinators
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Solitary Bees are Vital to Our Food Production & Ecosystem
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Did You Know? - How many eggs mason bees lay?
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"This Company Lets You Rent Bees to Bulk up Your Local
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Mason Bee Predators -Why You Need to Clean Your Cocoons
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Keeping Mason Bees: 10 Expert Beekeeping Tips for Families
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Did You Know? When are mason bees active?
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Mason Bees Promote Food Security & Conservation
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Bridge Street Morning Show
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Mason Bee Host Story - My introduction to mason bees
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Happy Valentine's Day!
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How we safely ship mason bees
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Order Healthy Mason Bees for Spring Yards
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Mason Bee Houses - Why black houses help mason bees?
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Fascinating Video on Mason Bees - Pbs Digital Studios
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A Bee Rental Program for Gardeners and Farmers
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Protect the Health of Solitary Bees
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2020 Highlights & Gratitude to You!
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Twas the Night Before Christmas
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Mason bees are a great gift to give this holiday!
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Blue Orchard & Horn-Faced Mason Bees & Leafcutter Bees
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We Remove Predators and Return Healthy Bees
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Webinar - How to Use Orchard Mason Bees for Crop Pollination
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Pollinating Orchards and Berries with Mason Bees
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Watch our bees pollinate crops in Oregon
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Plan Bee: Farmers Using Native Mason Bees
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Learn how to Store & Return Your Mason Bee Nesting Block
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University of Washington Community Partner Award
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Houdini Fly Update
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Predator Alert - Invasive Houdini Fly
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What Makes a Good Bee Garden?
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Premiere of the Short Film The Bee Farmers
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Live Interview with Koin 6
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Your mason bees are ready to start making food!
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Sran Family Orchards Partnership
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Rent Mason Bees in the News
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What’s happening with mason bee research in Seattle?
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The honey bee decline and how you can help
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Did You Know Mason Bee Cocoons are Waterproof?
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Mason Bee Cleaning Process
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Mason Bee Cleaning
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What do leafcutter bees do?
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Amazing facts about mason bees
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We're getting ready to send bees to the orchards
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Picture of the mason bee cleaning process
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