Leafcutter Bees: From Alfalfa Crops to Your Backyard

Join us in Boise, Idaho, as we visit over 120 bee huts filled with thriving leafcutter bees. In this video, we show you the entire journey—from the alfalfa fields and farms of Idaho to the nesting blocks you receive in your own backyard. Whether you ordered Pollinator Kit, which comes with mason and leafcutter bees or ordered the summer leafcutter kit, this is how your leafcutter bees are raised and cared for. Learn why we ship them snug inside nesting blocks (not as fragile loose leaf cells) and how consistent warm temperatures trigger their emergence. We also explain how your returned blocks are cleaned, sorted, and used to support another generation—because leafcutter bees are bivoltine! Watch how we release your bees back into Idaho’s fertile fields, where they pollinate and fill clean, sterilized blocks for the next season.