Two Different Approaches to Saving Bees

Re:Two Different Approaches to Saving Bees by soperj on Monday May 29, 2017 @02:52PM (#14440708)

I make mason bee houses(hotels, whatever) where ever I end up living (renting, moved around a bit). They're pretty awesome, no stingers, pollinate everything, and the houses are easy to build.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Two Different Approaches to Saving Bees by mlinksva on Monday May 29, 2017 @04:44PM (#14441325)

Interesting, thanks for posting this. I take some care to plant 'bee friendly' stuff but have no interest in beekeeping and have never bothered to look up fostering non-honeybees. Now I will do this after reading your comment http://www.ecolandscaping.org/03/beneficials/attract-mason-b... and some of the links from there.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Two Different Approaches to Saving Bees by yawz on Monday May 29, 2017 @06:37PM (#14441875)

Great! Mason bees are very gentle, and are good pollinators for fruits, nuts and certain flowers. We've had a small mason bee house for a while in the back yard. My son loves it. :)

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Two Different Approaches to Saving Bees by garyrichardson on Monday May 29, 2017 @07:18PM (#14442035)

Does anyone have links to similar things for North American solitary bees? These houses seem to be UK specific?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Two Different Approaches to Saving Bees by yawz on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @04:20PM (#14448228)

I live in Colorado. We have mason bees around here. And you should be able to find mason bee houses in certain big garden centers, big home improvement shops and online:

http://smile.amazon.com/s/?field-keywords=mason+bee+house

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Two Different Approaches to Saving Bees by kentbrew on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @11:34PM (#14457807)

Pinterest is your friend: https://www.pinterest.com/explore/bee-house/

[ Parent | on HN ]