The Natives are Re-Immigrating!

Surprises in my Mason Bee houses. Warning! Bee nerd on the loose!

Mason bee reed, plum full of silk wrapped cocoons. Note the clay walls that separate each cocoon. Each pupae is deposited after the mother bee creates a pollen ball that the pupae will consume while developing and building its cocoon. Bees in cocoons are fully developed and dormant through winter (in my garage fridge), until the spring sun wakes them, a…