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My Garden has many bee-attracting plants. I don't keep bees, but have noticed several flying in and out a small hole in the brickwork in my house! Doesn't look enough for a hive, but also too many for just 'lone bees'? Haven't noticed them coming out the other side ( into the kitchen cupboard) so happy for them to be there... in the wall! ?
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mason beesAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb. -
Spring mason bees (blue orchard and hornfaced) are increasingly cultivated to improve pollination for early spring fruit flowers. They are used sometimes as an alternative, but more often as an augmentation for European honey bees.
Most mason bees live in holes and are readily attracted to nesting holes; reeds, paper tubes, or nesting trays. Drilled blocks of wood are an option, but do not allow you to harvest the bees, which is vital to control a build up of pests. Blue orchard and hornfaced bees are spring season pollinators and will only sting if squeezed or stepped on. As such, they are beneficial and benign, since they both pollinate the plants and are safe for children and pets.
Ahh I see - they are 'safe as houses' round my house then
Last edited by GardenFaery; 24-06-2012, 08:15 PM.Comment
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