Bee Facts

 If you're sad to see your entertaining Orchard Mason Bees disappearing by early June, I've got good news!  Wise Mother Nature has designed another native bee species, Leafcutter Bees (Megachile spp.), to take over where the Orchard Mason Bees leave off.  Just as the OMBs die off in early June, after pollinating all our early spring fruits and plants, the Leafcutters begin their nesting cycle.  They are very efficient at pollinating summer flowers, veggies and her

Orchard Mason Bee Most people tend to group all 'bees' into Honey Bee one category, usually assuming that they all make honey and they all will sting.  Not true!  There are more than 30,000 species of native bees on our planet, and the majority do not sting or produce honey.  Orchard Mason Bees are extremely efficient at pollinating early spring fruits and flowers, but die off by early June.  Luckily, that's just when our native Leafcutter bees are hatching, and they remain healthy and active all through the summer to pollinate your vegetables and summer flowers.  It's clear that, as pollinators, native bees (NBs) such as the Orchard Mason Bees, do have a number of clear advantages over honey bees (HBs):

Our native Orchard Mason Bees are fantastic pollinators of spring fruits and flowers. Here are some other traits that make them very special: