How to build a mason bee house roof and structure To start, you’ll need to create an overhanging roof for your bee house.

To make your own mason bee house follow these tips from Dyan Eisenberger, a Penn State Extension master gardener, National Wildlife Federation and the Sustainable Agriculture Network.

The traditional hive boxes used to house honeybees do nothing to attract native bees to your garden, but these unsung heroes will happily take up residence in a “bee hotel,” where each can have a ...

But people can definitely give mason bees a helping hand and improve their own back yard crops at the same time by supplying the bees with houses. Since mason bees nest in tubes, making a house ...

The Natural History Museum in London provides excellent information on how to build a bee hotel in your backyard. You’ll need hollow canes (bamboo, common reed, or dried hollow stems from plants ...

June is Pollinator Month, a celebration of the valuable ecosystem services provided by bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles and other species that help pollinate more than 1,200 crops.