The bees often return to the same area for nest-building, so it’s important to keep the house in the same location. Christine Casey, an educator and manager of the UC Davis Bee Haven, supervises a ...

How to stop carpenter bees from damaging your house. Published: May. 16, 2022, 8:20 a.m. ... Timing is also important because the goal of carpenter bee control is to avoid the nesting damage.

Many hacks online claim to deter carpenter bees from nesting in your yard, such as using aluminum foil. Does this hack work, ...

In the wild, mason bees nest in abandoned beetle burrows in dead logs and stumps. So adding a nesting box will help bees nurture the next generation and boost pollination in your garden.

The mason bee is known for building beautiful nests that incorporate flower petals and snail shells, and is particularly well-suited to pollinating fruit crops. Some bees, called solitary bees ...

Most wild bees nest in such terrestrial places, but about a quarter of them inhabit tunnels in decaying wood, fallen logs or in hollowed-out stems, making them potential tenants for the bee house ...

Female carpenter bees spend most of their time in their nest with the eggs. “Front porch entrances have big cedar logs, or wood cedar on the side of the house,” said Lee, when asked where ...

For spring-nesting mason bees, the best time to put up a bee house is in late winter, but other bee species will use the tubes throughout the growing season, so there is no bad time to install one.

Mason and carpenter bees don’t produce honey and are solitary bees. They also are not aggressive and do not sting. Many native bees nest in the ground, so leave a few bare patches of earth for them.

FULSHEAR, Texas — A Fort Bend County homeowner said he has been living in fear for more than two weeks after discovering a large number of bees nesting at his house.

White House Task Force To Save Bees Stirs Hornet's Nest : It's All Politics When the administration created a task force to combat the ongoing collapse of the nation's bee population, it created ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – House-hunting is full of decisions, for us and honey bees. One early decision we both face is where to live. P. Kirk Visscher at the University of California, Riverside ...