Pollination with Mason Bees: A Gardener's Guide to Managing Mason Bees for Fruit Production

This is a small but succinct book covering all aspects involved with the introduction of Mason Bees to your garden. In addition to outlining the insect's life cycle, the primary value of the book is the short, but adequate steps outlined regarding housing, caring for the cocoons and increasing numbers of the bees through a careful management of their environment. Highly recommended.

Besides having Mason Bees for several years, I also keep Honey Bees. Mason bees are very easy, very gentle, require no special skills and they are superb pollinators. I suggest mason bees to every gardener who'd like to improve their garden.I've read quite a few books on mason bees and have tried over the years various techniques, styles of bee blocks, etc., all with limited success. It seems as though by year three you end up with no mason bees no matter how hard you try or what kind of blocks you keep. Margarite is a scientist and has seemed to figure out the right way to keep mason bees and has developed a new re-usable form of bee blocks that really works. You can buy these blocks from her, or with the included instructions, build them yourself if so inclined. I highly recommend her book and her approach to anyone interested in mason bees.