Mason Bees Are Here at Greenwood Hardware!

With evidence of spring popping up all around us, many of you are probably itching to get your garden started and your flowers planted. Spring is so refreshing and is a period of renewal. It is like you are getting a clean slate to start your yard anew with lots of pretty flowers and maybe a handful of veggies in the garden. At Greenwood Hardware, our team wants you to have everything you need to grow a prolific vegetable garden, as well as a gorgeous flower garden with plenty of brilliant blooms. One of the things you need are bees!

Bees make gardens boom and flowers bloom, but their stings are never appreciated. Fortunately, you can use mason bees as pollinators without worrying about the stinging. Mason bees do not sting you! Mason bees are not something many gardeners are aware of. They are excellent pollinators and extremely easy to take care of. Unlike honey bees, you don’t really have to do much to take care of them. They are fairly self-sufficient. You don’t have to wear a big, bulky suit or have large housing stations. In fact, you only need to spend a few minutes at the beginning of the season setting up small houses for your bees. They will do the rest.

Female mason bees have the same hair feature of a honey bee’s legs that attract pollen. Because more pollen is sticking to the bees’ belly, more pollen is distributed throughout the garden. Female mason bees are very gentle. They are not out picking fights with other flying insects or humans. They do not become territorial and attack anybody who gets close to their nest. Another benefit to mason bees is the relatively low cost of the bees as well as their housing. You don’t need hundreds of bees to pollinate your garden.

You will find everything you need to bring mason bees into your yard and garden this year at Greenwood Hardware. Don’t miss out on an opportunity to do something great for your garden as well! as the gardens all around you! Come on in, or contact us today.