Comment BEE for more information about bees and pollination in your garden! Just so you know, Mason bees technically have stingers but they are so docile that they are often considered stingless. In my mind they kind of look like a cross between a bee and a fly. The downside of this bee is that they have an earlier life span that is generally April through June and so they are best for pollinating fruit trees and other early blossoms instead of summer crops. Thanks so much to @eyrings for teachi

Lots of tiny male mason bees were buzzing around the nest holes waiting for the larger females to emerge they would then jump on a female and start to mate, this teatime there were lots in our garden luckily I was able to film this Listen out for the sound when mating it sounds like a tiny electric shock Filmed on my iPhone with a macro attachment | The Mouse family that live by the brambles

13K views · 584 reactions | This video describes Mason bees and explains why they are important to the environment. I also showed how to make a simple and inexpensive nesting site to increase your local population of mason bees. | Aquachigger | Facebook

🐝 Did you know that mason bees, aka blue orchard bees (Osmia lignaria), are excellent pollinators? They’re 120 times more effective at pollinating than honey bees or bumble bees. By introducing native mason bees into your environment in the south coast of BC, you will inevitably improve the pollination of your crops to increase your fruit production this year. 🍎🍐 Here are 5 simple steps to releasing mason bees in the spring: 1. Come and pick up some mason bee cocoons and a mason bee kit that