Comments for Our Native Bees - Supporting our Native Pollinators http://ournativebees.com We provide people with the information and tools they need to help increase the populations of our native bee pollinators, including bee houses, supplies and cocoons. Tue, 15 May 2012 16:15:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Need bees for your Native Bee House? by BeesAdmin http://ournativebees.com/need-bees-for-your-native-bee-house/#comment-654 BeesAdmin Mon, 07 May 2012 23:50:31 +0000 http://ournativebees.com/new_page/?p=104#comment-654 Hi Marie, I don't have any Leafcutter Bee cocoons, and don't know of anyone who sells them. However, if you provide some nesting holes of various sizes, you will probably attract a variety of mason bee species this summer, assuming you have some good plants for them to feed on. The house should face east or southeast to get morning sun, but ideally be shaded during the hot afternoon hours. The one thing you want to avoid with the summer bees is placing the house where it will get full sun all day. Hope this helps, and thanks for your interest! Best regards, Denise Hi Marie,
I don’t have any Leafcutter Bee cocoons, and don’t know of anyone who sells them. However, if you provide some nesting holes of various sizes, you will probably attract a variety of mason bee species this summer, assuming you have some good plants for them to feed on. The house should face east or southeast to get morning sun, but ideally be shaded during the hot afternoon hours. The one thing you want to avoid with the summer bees is placing the house where it will get full sun all day.

Hope this helps, and thanks for your interest!
Best regards,
Denise

]]> Comment on Need bees for your Native Bee House? by Marie Kelley http://ournativebees.com/need-bees-for-your-native-bee-house/#comment-652 Marie Kelley Mon, 07 May 2012 10:47:46 +0000 http://ournativebees.com/new_page/?p=104#comment-652 Hi Denise, The leafcutter bees sound great - taking over where the mason bees left off. Do you have any leafcutter bee cocoons for sale for this Spring/summer? If you don't have any, do you know where I could purchase some, or is it possible the house will attract existing bees that are already living in "my back yard." Also the house should be located in partial or full shade? Thanks. Marie Hi Denise,
The leafcutter bees sound great – taking over where the mason bees left off. Do you have any leafcutter bee cocoons for sale for this Spring/summer? If you don’t have any, do you know where I could purchase some, or is it possible the house will attract existing bees that are already living in “my back yard.” Also the house should be located in partial or full shade? Thanks.
Marie

]]> Comment on Need bees for your Native Bee House? by BeesAdmin http://ournativebees.com/need-bees-for-your-native-bee-house/#comment-76 BeesAdmin Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:09:01 +0000 http://ournativebees.com/new_page/?p=104#comment-76 Hi Donna, If you have plants and trees that bloom in early spring the chances are very good that some mason bees will nest in your bee house. If not you can always purchase some from me this coming Fall, and you'll always have them after that. Re: your daughter's location, these bees will thrive in her area, and in most states east of the Rocky Mountains, so no worries there. Thanks for writing! Hi Donna,
If you have plants and trees that bloom in early spring the chances are very good that some mason bees will nest in your bee house. If not you can always purchase some from me this coming Fall, and you’ll always have them after that. Re: your daughter’s location, these bees will thrive in her area, and in most states east of the Rocky Mountains, so no worries there. Thanks for writing!

]]> Comment on Need bees for your Native Bee House? by Donna johnson http://ournativebees.com/need-bees-for-your-native-bee-house/#comment-68 Donna johnson Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:39:01 +0000 http://ournativebees.com/new_page/?p=104#comment-68 I have not seen any bees around my yard. If I purchase the bee homes. Will they come? My daughter lives an hour north of NYC. Do native bees survive the winter up there? I have not seen any bees around my yard. If I purchase the bee homes. Will they come? My daughter lives an hour north of NYC. Do native bees survive the winter up there?

]]> Comment on Need bees for your Native Bee House? by BeesAdmin http://ournativebees.com/need-bees-for-your-native-bee-house/#comment-33 BeesAdmin Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:32:39 +0000 http://ournativebees.com/new_page/?p=104#comment-33 Sorry, but we just sold out! Check back next fall when we'll be selling bee cocoons for Spring, 2013. Sorry, but we just sold out! Check back next fall when we’ll be selling bee cocoons for Spring, 2013.

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