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 […]
What an amazing contest! The plight of the bee is a hard one. Bees are in danger of being wiped off the planet by pesticides and by the ever diminishing space for them to find food in our cities. Some are even on the endangered species list. We would like to say Thank You to each […]