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How to Harvest Mason Bees

Jul 17, 2012

Placing a mason bee nesting house in your garden is an easy way to strengthen numbers of one of our best native pollinators. If you don't properly maintain these houses, however, you can end up doing more harm than good. Watch this video to see David Hunter demonstrate exactly what needs to be done.