Last week Ron put up three mason bee houses along the west side of the garden (facing east, just the way the bees like it).
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Mason Bee Condo
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Here is the side view with some information. You can see the snazzy mechanism for opening the protective screen.
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Side view |
Here is a close-up of the inside. Smaller holes encourage production of male bees.
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Cocoon box. Notice the different sized holes. |
Here is an example of what we hope to see soon:
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Red Mason Bee |
By Orangeaurochs from Sandy, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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