Bee Condo
Mason Bee Condo. Solitary bees are important pollinators!
Sunday 11 June 2017
Sunday 12 April 2015
Bee Box 2015
Building a Bee Box
with reused 2"x6" untreated pine
Ugo Troccoli
Side view - top to bottom
Side view - front to back
(no less than 5 inches)
front view
3 pieces screwed together
chop chop!
roof length
7 1/2 inches
roof width
5 1/2 inches
front of bee box lettering
(using 3's)
1/4" holes
4" to 5" deep
(drill hole on bit of an angle)
(drill hole on bit of an angle)
cut drip line under roof
Backing piece
around 17" length for backing piece
Front with all holes drilled
number letters added
torched around entry points and ready to hang!
(Best to have the bee box at least 2 feet high and E or SE facing capturing the most morning sun.)
(Best to have the bee box at least 2 feet high and E or SE facing capturing the most morning sun.)
Friday 13 July 2012
Thursday 12 July 2012
Bee Condo July 2012
Native bees don't make honey but are important pollinators for flowers, herbs and some crops, such as fruit trees, tomatoes, zucchinis, squash, and much more.
The cell walls are made of overlapping oval leaf pieces and capped with circular pieces. Cells are placed one in front of other until the cavity is filled. Each cell is filled with pollen for the growing larva.
The leaf-cutter bee is equipped with very strong chewing mandibles which she uses to bite through the leaves. It only takes one or two seconds for her to complete this.
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Bee Condo is Active!
I built this Bee Condo in 2012 and mounted it in the garden. It seems to have attracted alot of activity!
Bee's are amazing pollinators...
Bees play an important role in pollinating flowering plants, and are the major type of pollinator in ecosystems that contain flowering plants. Bees either focus on gathering nectar or on gathering pollen depending on demand, especially in social species. Bees gathering nectar may accomplish pollination, but bees that are deliberately gathering pollen are more efficient pollinators. It is estimated that one third of the human food supply depends on insect pollination, most of which is accomplished by bees, especially the domesticated European honey bee. Contract pollination has overtaken the role of honey production for beekeepers in many countries.
Bee's are amazing pollinators...
There are about 800 different kinds of bees in Canada. |
Pollinators (mostly bees) are needed for more than two-thirds of the world’s crop species. |
Flowers that are visited more often by bees will produce larger and more uniform fruit than those visited less often. This beneficial effect of pollination is most obvious in tree fruit. |
Increasing the number of solitary bees will not only help the bees but will also help our gardens grow!
Is it me or is this bee smiling? |
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