Mason Bees Are A Gardener’s Best Friend

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Mason Bees Are A Gardener’s Best Friend | Oregon Field Guide

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These North American natives have incredible pollinating powers. And they’re growing in popularity with backyard gardeners and orchardists.
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@lindsaywatters8332 3 жыл бұрын

I love Mason bees ❤❤🐝

@digil4509 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Ron for your video.. This is my first year putting out a house, and tubes for the mason bees. I'm hopeful they will like the flowers and environment I've created for them. Thank you again!

@artemisiagentileschi2400 2 жыл бұрын

How did it go?

@kurtcurtis2730 Жыл бұрын

I put out one last year. Nobody picked it 😞

@EvaRLBanimatons 7 ай бұрын

@@kurtcurtis2730 cuz you gota get your *own* Mason bee eggs! I got mine from Ron bc I’m actually related to him!

@haidiwu7968 4 жыл бұрын

This is delightful!

@18Bees 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I’m now a huge mason bee fan ❤️

@maxtonforrest608 3 жыл бұрын

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@markusandrew8360 3 жыл бұрын

@Maxton Forrest Instablaster =)

@Mike-yx4pt 4 ай бұрын

This is a FANTASTIC piece. I will be using it as a tool in my educational Solitary Bee Education toolbox. Thanks to you all.

@irunAMOK- 5 жыл бұрын

Very cool! As an oregon native, i never knew these are pollenating bee's. Thanks for another informative video! Save the 🐝bee's 🐝

@EvaRLBanimatons 7 ай бұрын

IM LITERALLY RELATED TO HIM!! 😭

@Rinsuki 2 жыл бұрын

Got some mason bees coming soon. I have about 35 fruit trees and countless other perennial flowers. I hope I gave them a good place to live and grow.

@iBRiDGE380 5 жыл бұрын

Insane that she lays females to the back and males to the front of her nest... ...trippy. Absolutely trippy.

@iBRiDGE380 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your work. I am officially inspired.

@LS-sg8rb 3 жыл бұрын

Wow incredible video thanks!

@SK-jb4ui 5 жыл бұрын

Makes me want to set up mason bee houses!

@ofelia829 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@alvinhutchinson8247 4 жыл бұрын

If we don’t set up boxes what will they use

@gloriafigueroa8129 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video, thanks!

@dwhoppy 2 жыл бұрын

Vwet nice vidio Ron! I am a Master Gardener from Boise. One of my favorite things about our program is teaching kids about gardening and nature. As I saw in your video, they get so excited, and want to learn.

@kurtcurtis2730 Жыл бұрын

I saw a video from Taos master gardener class last night. Even talking about Ladybugs is really interesting apparently ladybugs all go hibernate in the winter in the same place. When you buy ladybugs at the nursery they usually harvested from these places. I learned that ladybugs have a waxy coating under their wing specifically to help them hibernate through the winter. So when they come out of hibernation they are motivated to fly a lot to get rid of the wax. Which is why when you buy ladybugs at a nursery they fly away. The bug lady, as she’s called, So I never buy ladybugs at the nursery for these reasons. One is you reduce the natural population into they’re not gonna hang around anyway. If you get a chance to watch the video I recommended

@successorofboris6663 4 жыл бұрын

I would do this but there are alot of wasp that would probably use the holes to.

@EvaRLBanimatons 7 ай бұрын

Sometimes I find spiders in mine! 😭 or like you said, wasps

@KC6111 2 жыл бұрын

Any advise for cold climate considerations? I am a zone 3 Minnesota climate.... we have about a month in winter where subzero temperatures have a long bitter cold period. I want to have a positive experience and make sure i learn how to be a good provider to them. I absolutely loved this video.... I will always look twice at flies just to make sure it isnt a lovely mason bee

@thequinker913 2 жыл бұрын

When the cold comes (late fall like end of October) put the nest into a slightly warmer and sheltered area like inside a shed. Take out in the spring when it hasn’t snowed for a while.

@EvaRLBanimatons 7 ай бұрын

Bro I cannot actually watch the video thinking about THAT IM ACTUALLY *RELATED* TO HIM! 😭

@hihellohowrumfine 2 ай бұрын

I bought some mason bee cocoons from the internet and implanted them in my mason bee house made of wooden pipes. After emerging out of their coccoons every single mason bee left their pipe homes. How do I get them to stay inside their homes that i have created for them?

@lindap9079 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a Washingtonian but I love OPB. Does it disturb the females for the nest to be examined while she is in the process of filling the nest tubes?

@sherbearpatson884 4 ай бұрын

Can I place the eggs inside the paper tubes in may 2024 ?

@vida-zoe.itamarsantos270 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. But you didn't introduce yourself. Who are you guys? I'm organic. I have a You Tube channel and I work on my land to be sustainable. I grow Brazilian native honey bees. I've been making a Mason Bee Hotels lately. I enjoyed you videos. Hugs. Let's keep in touch.

@alvinhutchinson8247 4 жыл бұрын

I have bamboo of all sizes. What is best length to get more female bees???

@Lvl18Meep 3 жыл бұрын

Ron mention the 5/16th channel worked best.

@eartherinfire 3 жыл бұрын

Bamboo isn’t the best material for bees, it can harbor mites.