Mason Bee at work in my Corn Field Garden. Gardening for beginners will love them. Save the BEES
Sweet Corn Field: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_aXauvAQXA
VIDEO: Truly AMAZING GARDEN MASON BEE in ACTION. Save the BEES.
Mason Bee at work in my Corn Field Garden. Gardening for beginners will love them. Save the BEES
I love bees
Thanks Mark, I don't believe I've ever seen not heard if this species. Do you know how/where they nest?
WOW! That little bee was getting the job done ♥
Wow!
I now have a bad case of BEE ENVY. Tried to raise Mason & Leaf Cutter bees without much success. There are over 4000 species of SOLITARY BEES, including some who dig holes is solid rock, and some who make ''plastic'.
Check out this amazing world of solitary bees!
I love bees, too. I outline my garden with split logs and leaf cutters lay their egg in there. Fascinating. Thank you.
Do you have a hive on site?
Fun Facts: In order to produce 1 pound of honey, 2 million flowers must be visited. A hive of bees must fly 55,000 miles to produce a pound of honey. One bee colony can produce 60 to 100 pounds of honey per year. An average worker bee makes only about 1/12 teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.
Thanks for taking the time to share this, Mark!!
I love mason bees! I have a bunch of them nesting in the old stone wall of my tool house that come back annually, and throughout the years they've dug holes into the 200-year-old mortar holding the stones together to make their nests, but I don't mind that. I have squashes, corn and beans growing in the plot right next to it, and to reach the bed my back is sometimes not five centimeters from the wall where they come in and out, yet they're never aggressive and we seem to live together peacefully, each doing our thing. And yeah, mine wear huge "pollen pants" too, haha!
I thought Mason bees were blue…
Gotta love pollinators…bless them all !
I have a 4×10 plot on south side of house that i grow sweet corn in plus mammoth sunflowers. I use both these to trellis cukes and kentucky wonder pole beans. This is the first year i actually noticed mason bees working my yard. Now that its august on long island the bee and moth and butterfly activity has ramped up.
That's cool Mark. I built a small Mason bee house and hung it on a garden fence post 2 years ago. It's amazing to watch them fill and seal up each hole.
Last year I had my greenhouse surrounded with pollinator attracting flowers, this year not, pollination in the greenhouse is not so good this year …
Thanks for the great videos! If I cut or snap winter rye over in the spring as I am planting, will the rye die or grow back?I am afraid of it over taking my home garden. Ty! Sorry off topic.
amazing! bee-autiful!
100 Plants to Feed the Bees, Xerces society
To help domesticated and native pollinators and other beneficial bugs in North America, copy/paste that list everywhere!
As I write this, the warm season is tragically ending soon (so fast! grrr) so growing most of the plants on the list is out of the question. So to feed bugs for the crucial fall period (the other being spring), I suggest planting buckwheat as it grows and blooms incredibly fast (< 8 weeks!), I think its nectar should flow last until frost kills the plant (I could be wrong).
I'm planting another batch of sunflowers to replace the fading summer ones but I don't think I'll see those sunny yellow faces in time. Nothing to lose except very inexpensive seeds.
Tip: pre-germinate your seeds to make seedlings appear faster. Helpful if you don't have a large land like Farmer Mark.
Wildflowers
1. Anise Hyssop, Giant Hyssop
2. Aster
3. Beebalm
4. Black-Eyed Susan
5. Blanketflower
6. Blazing Star
7. Blue Curls
8. Blue Vervain
9. California Poppy
10. Clarkia
11. Coreopsis
12. Culver’s Root
13. Cup Plant, Compass Plant, Rosinweed
14. Figwort
15. Fireweed
16. Globe Gilia
17. Goldenrod
18. Gumweed
19. Ironweed
20. Joe-Pye Weed, Boneset
21. Lobelia
22. Lupine
23. Meadowfoam
24. Milkweed
25. Mountainmint
26. Native Thistle
27. Penstemon
28. Phacelia
29. Prairie Clover
30. Purple Coneflower
31. Rattlesnake Master, Eryngo
32. Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
33. Salvia
34. Selfheal
35. Sneezeweed
36. Spiderwort
37. Sunflower
38. Waterleaf
39. Wild Buckwheat
40. Wild Geranium
41. Wild Indigo
42. Wingstem
43. Wood Mint
Native Trees and Shrubs
44. Acacia
45. Basswood
46. Blackberry, Raspberry
47. Black Locust
48. Blueberry
49. Buckwheat Tree
50. Buttonbush
51. Chamise
52. Coyotebrush
53. False Indigo, Leadplant
54. Golden Currant
55. Inkberry
56. Madrone
57. Magnolia
58. Manzanita
59. Mesquite
60. Ocean Spray
61. Oregon Grape
62. Rabbitbrush
63. Redbud
64. Rhododendron
65. Rose
66. Saw Palmetto
67. Serviceberry
68. Sourwood
69. Steeplebush, Meadowsweet
70. Toyon
71. Tulip Tree
72. Tupelo
73. Wild Lilac
74. Willow
75. Yerba Santa
Introduced Trees and Shrubs
76. Orange
77. Plum, Cherry, Almond, Peach
Introduced Herbs and Ornamentals
78. Basil
79. Borage
80. Catnip
81. Coriander
82. Cosmos
83. Hyssop
84. Lavender
85. Mint
86. Oregano
87. Rosemary
88. Russian Sage
89. Thyme
Native and Nonnative Bee Pasture Plants
90. Alfalfa
91. Buckwheat
92. Clover
93. Cowpea
94. Mustard
95. Partridge Pea
96. Radish
97. Sainfoin
98. Scarlet Runner Bean
99. Sweetclover
100. Vetch
What does the Mason Bee do with the pollen? 15/05/2019