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Thanks for answering my question Chicken Rustler. I wuill have to talk to the bee keeper again and see what location he would like to use, so I can make sure its far enough away that no accidents happen with the dogs, horses, or my DD... Thanks again!
We have "raised" mason bees for years.
Because alot of garden and seed catalogs have offered "mason bee hives" or packs of sticks, or tubes for them to live in and sooo expensive, I had DH get a block of wood, not cedar, and drill assorted sized holes in it, 3 to 4 inches deep, like a 4x4 block of wood...not treated or cedar.
You can also use a 2x6 or 2x8 etc drill the holes in the wood so they go in long way, not the 2" side.
Mount this block of wood under an eave, on the southwestern side of your house if at all possible. They will find it and there is soo many sizes of mason and carpenter bees.
I have some stuff stored out in a shed, and one item is an easle that has screw holes drilled into it that is apart right now, and to put it together I will have to bust the bees out of every hole
no I will not do it til they come out in spring...but the busy bees have laid an egg in the screw holes, and put pollen in for the larvae, and them seal the hole with mud.
They love holes, so much so that if you draw a black dot on a picnic table and have time to watch...sure enough here will come a carpenter bee and try to get in the "hole"
But yeah..you will not get any honey from mason or carpenter bees.
Can't wait to see you and Jen again!
jen where are you staying??
