[PDF] How To Construct a Study, All Wood #MasonBee House

by Don Harper

"The construction method described below is based on a presentation made by Lawrence County Master Gardener Dave Hughes in 2007. The construction process can obviously be modified, depending on the availability of power
tools and the preference for using one piece of 4x6 wood instead of two pieces of 2x6. Construction, once you are
familiar with the process, requires about a day. Waiting for glue to dry is the only part of the process that really slows
down construction.

"Given the diminution of populations of honeybees due to colony collapse disorder, it is hoped that everyone with a
garden will make at least one of these houses available for mason bees in which to lay eggs. This will lead to the next generation of bees, and over time increase the population of these #NativePollinators."

Learn more:
https://mendotrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/bee-house-plans.pdf

#SolarPunkSunday #DIYBeeHouses #Pollinators #BeeNesting #BeeHouses #BeeHousePlans

A co się wykluwa z tego jajeczka? 🐣

Samiec pszczoły murarki po prawie roku wychodzi z kokonu 🐝

Już niedługo do samców dołączą samice i zacznie się produkcja nowego pokolenia 💚

#wiosna #pszczoły #murarki #bee #masonbee #spring

Time for more blue orchard mason bees on blueberry flowers!

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1740430609

#linocut #printmaking #pollinators #masonBee #blueberry #nativeBees

Day 8 #SciArtSeptember prompt niche. Can we talk about the cutest nesting strategy going? The Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta) is a small North American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell. Each print is 8” by 8” on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

When I planned this print I wanted to make 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #masonBee #Osmia #nativeBee #pollinator #mastoArt

Saw some mason bees today on the catnip and lavender. They don't pose for the camera.

#NativePollinators #MasonBee #bees #insects #pollinators #catnip #OsmiaLignariaPropinqua #FlowerWithBee #BloomScrollingWithBee

Still obsessed with the cutest nesting strategy going. The Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta) is a small North American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell. Each print is 8” by 8” on delicate Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #masonBee #Osmia #nativeBee #pollinator #mastoart

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1401318897

Thinking about native plants and native pollinators, this is an important local bee, Osmia Lignaria, known as the orchard mason bee, or blue orchard bee, in a lino block print on Japanese kozo (mulberry) paper with gorgeous, blue washi chine collé (collaged fine Japanese paper) pollinating a blueberry flower.

We often think of bees as living in hives, but these bees live in 🧵

#linocut #printmaking #wildBee #masonBee #Osmia #blueberry #pollinators #sciart #ManufacteredEcosystems #mastoArt

A little Mason Bee

#bee
#masonbee