Storing the Bees Too soon, the warm weather ends and the bee season with it. The bees have laid their eggs for the next year. How you store these eggs through the winter is important to their survival. Bee cocoons store well at cool temperatures and in a dry...
Leafcutter bees are busy bees! The name leaf cutter is really a nickname for these gentle bees. Megachile Rotundata is their scientific name. They are a part of the Megachilidae family. This family of bees is huge, containing almost 600 species found in North America....
Last summer we sold one of our bee kits to the folks at rightplantz.com. They wrote this great review and even made a video! Here is what they had to say. Back in late June, we received a very exciting package from the folks at Kind Bee Farms. In it was one of their...
Leafcutter bees provide a powerhouse of productivity with no fuss, great expense, or stinging Pollinators, bees, habitat diversity—by now you are no stranger to these common buzz terms used in gardening circles and beyond. It is no secret that bees are a keystone...
Adding Mason Bees to Your Garden? Take a Look at the Leafcutter Instead! Many savvy gardeners have used the mason bee to pollinate their plants and flowers, but the lesser-known leafcutter bee (or megachile rotundata) is even easier to raise and is just as productive....
