How to Harvest Mason Bee Cocoons
How to Harvest Mason Bee Cocoons
Oct 15, 2024
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Harvesting mason bee cocoons from our cardboard BeeTubes is easy and it keeps your mason bees safe from their deadly pests and diseases. Harvest your mason bee cocoons from October-December. 1. Separate filled and unfilled BeeTubes and save the unused BeeTubes to set out next spring. Check the spin-closed end for mud and open those tubes. 2. With a pair of scissors, snip the mud-capped or open end of the BeeTube. Our cardboard tubes easily tear along the spiral. 3. Pro Tip: Use a paper clip or d
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Harvesting mason bee cocoons from our cardboard BeeTubes is easy and it keeps your mason bees safe from their deadly pests and diseases. Harvest your mason bee cocoons from October-December. 1. Separate filled and unfilled BeeTubes and save the unused BeeTubes to set out next spring. Check the spin-closed end for mud and open those tubes. 2. With a pair of scissors, snip the mud-capped or open end of the BeeTube. Our cardboard tubes easily tear along the spiral. 3. Pro Tip: Use a paper clip or d
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Harvesting mason bee cocoons from our cardboard BeeTubes and Easy-Tear Inserts is quick and it removes your mason bee cocoons from their deadly pests and diseases. Harvest your mason bee cocoons from October-December. 1. Separate filled and unfilled nesting holes and save the unused nesting holes to set out next spring. Check the spin-closed end for mud. 2. Remove the filled Easy-Tear Inserts from the BeeTubes. 3. Option 1: soak the filled Easy-Tear Inserts in warm water for 10-15 minutes. Mason
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Harvesting mason bee cocoons from our cardboard BeeTubes and Easy-Tear Inserts is quick and it removes your mason bee cocoons from their deadly pests and diseases. Harvest your mason bee cocoons from October-December. 1. Separate filled and unfilled nesting holes and save the unused nesting holes to set out next spring. Check the spin-closed end for mud. 2. Remove the filled Easy-Tear Inserts from the BeeTubes. 3. Option 1: soak the filled Easy-Tear Inserts in warm water for 10-15 minutes. Mason
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No beekeeping required. Mason bees emerge from cocoons when temps reach 50°F — no hive, no queen, no maintenance, and they do not sting. Easy to hang, easy to host, and perfect for spring pollination. Blooms are coming. Get your bees ready for Spring. | Rent Mason Bees
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No beekeeping required. Mason bees emerge from cocoons when temps reach 50°F — no hive, no queen, no maintenance, and they do not sting. Easy to hang, easy to host, and perfect for spring pollination. Blooms are coming. Get your bees ready for Spring. | Rent Mason Bees
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🐝 Did you know that mason bees, aka blue orchard bees (Osmia lignaria), are excellent pollinators? They’re 120 times more effective at pollinating than honey bees or bumble bees. By introducing native mason bees into your environment in the south coast of BC, you will inevitably improve the pollination of your crops to increase your fruit production this year. 🍎🍐 Here are 5 simple steps to releasing mason bees in the spring: 1. Come and pick up some mason bee cocoons and a mason bee kit that
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🐝 Did you know that mason bees, aka blue orchard bees (Osmia lignaria), are excellent pollinators? They’re 120 times more effective at pollinating than honey bees or bumble bees. By introducing native mason bees into your environment in the south coast of BC, you will inevitably improve the pollination of your crops to increase your fruit production this year. 🍎🍐 Here are 5 simple steps to releasing mason bees in the spring: 1. Come and pick up some mason bee cocoons and a mason bee kit that
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The buzz has begun! 🐝 Our incubator has been cleaned and it's almost time to begin incubating the very first batch of leafcutter bee cocoons for the 2025 season! 🌸🌿 The incubator will gently warm the cocoons, allowing the baby bees inside to begin developing. In a couple of weeks, they'll enter their hatching cycle—just in time for our first shipping day on April 28th. Our leafcutter bees ship mid-hatch. They leave our farm still safely tucked into their little cocoons, and by the time they a
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The buzz has begun! 🐝 Our incubator has been cleaned and it's almost time to begin incubating the very first batch of leafcutter bee cocoons for the 2025 season! 🌸🌿 The incubator will gently warm the cocoons, allowing the baby bees inside to begin developing. In a couple of weeks, they'll enter their hatching cycle—just in time for our first shipping day on April 28th. Our leafcutter bees ship mid-hatch. They leave our farm still safely tucked into their little cocoons, and by the time they a
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Signs of Habitat on Instagram: "Have you ever wondered what the inside of a mason bee cocoon looks like? After cleaning cocoons, try using a flashlight (even easier with a bore light) to look through the cocoons! You may be surprised what you see - the good, bad, and ugly! Once any non-viable cocoons are removed, they can be stored in the fridge in a well ventilated container with a moisture reservoir (to keep the cocoons from drying out). I’m excited to welcome all these baby blue orchard mason
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For those interested in native bees, here’s a peek inside a mason bee house. The primary reason we collect our mason bee cocoons is to wash off the pollen mites. Pollen mites eat food reserves left for bee larvae, thereby causing the larvae to starve. When I note the cocoons look dirty, I’m referring to the high number of pollen mites (the white dots). The frass and mud is expected and washes off easily. Just wait until I clean them. I’ll do a follow up post soon so you can see just how differen
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Here’s how I clean the Blue Orchard mason bee cocoons. The main goal is to remove pollen mites. Based on the weight of 100 cocoons, I have approximately 890 cocoons total. That’s a lot of happy spring pollinators! These numbers show that last year was a great year for mason bees, and likely other native spring bees as well, which is a great sign. To see how I collected these cocoons, check out the video I posted on January 30th. These cocoons are available for order now, with pick-up in Erringto
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