09/26/2026
Two different kinds of bee friends have made their home in our bee house near our garden! 🐝🌱
Bottom left hole that looks like it's packed full of clay is from a mason bee! Then, to the right and up from that one, there is a leaf cutter bee making their home too! They both do this in very different ways but with the same results. We have a little solitary bee haven on our hands! These type of bees lay their eggs inside of small pockets like this, and this can sometimes be in inconvenient places for humans! So, instead the best thing to do for them is to build them a little bee house like this by just simply drilling some holes into wood. You can dress it up by painting the sides that the bee does not burrow into, and you might have made a little nesting space for some pollinator friends!
Towards the end of summer is usually when this happens, but this year we've had a particularly warmer September and the goldenrod and asters were abundant!
Do you have a bee home? Have they moved in yet? 🐝