With so many fruit trees, we wanted to make sure we started supporting pollination. We have several pollinator gardens, with perennials such comfrey, baptista, yarrow, St. John, asters, etc. We also wanted to keep bees nearby. After a lot of research, we decided to wait before tackling honey bees. However, Orchard Mason Bees are another thing. These tiny bees work much harder than honey bees, are quite docile, and lay their eggs in tubes that they seal with mud. All we have to do is give them a convenient home and find a place for them to hibernate over the winter.
So, we ordered 20 bee cocoons, kept them in the fridge until it warmed up this weekend, then placed them in a bee house Mark built. Looking forward to raising a large population over the next few years.
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