By Sy Maher It’s time to start thinking about wild bees again. Since the 1950’s native bees have been severely reduced because of industrial farming and the use of pesticides. Neonicotinoids are the culprit and are used in agriculture, nurseries plants, landscaping and kill every type of insect coming into contact with it. Neonicotinoids are […]
By Sy Maher Inviting solitary bees to live in your yard is beneficial and fun. Solitary Bees almost never sting. You really have to annoy a native bee to get them defensive. Solitary bees have a short life cycle. For instance, the Mason bees come out in early spring, pollinates, makes its babies, and dies off […]
Mason bees are named for the masonry-like materials they use. Some burrow out small holes in wood already weakened by wood-boring insects, while others like to use cracks in brick walls. Almost any dark pre-made residence will do, West Coast Seeds Mason bees just like any other creatures need water. Fill any shallow receptacle like the one shown […]
In celebration and recognition of our native-born bees, Luckey Bee is having a slogan contest. Everyone knows Save the Bees—or Save All the Bees (the latter which I coined recently, but my slogan falls short of an exciting and motivational catchphrase). See what I mean? We all need a catch-phrase to help people know we need […]
Honey bees are in the public eye, but there are many native bee species that need our attention. Native bees are on the endangered species list. Some bees are known to us, but not every bee has been cataloged. So we don’t yet have a true understanding of what we are losing. Yes, we love […]
