Honeybees arent native to North America, but these bees are(depending on your area). People dont know about the hundreds of varieties of native bees mainly because they dont provide honey. Its great yall made this informative and well put together video.
I put a store-bought bee house on a south-facing window sill under my covered patio. I didn't buy bees, but I got a lot of native mason bees that showed up on their own.
@@brandonkelbe Great question! And the answer is, absolutely not! I placed the bee hotel on the south side of my home, only because that's where my backyard and my patio is. So, it's the most convenient place for me personally. Supposedly, the south or eastern facing side of your house is the ideal place, because that's where the sun first reaches when it rises in the morning. But if the north or west side of your house is better for you, don't worry about it, just put the bee hotel where it's most convenient for you.
Thank you so much! me and my friend built a fairy house this morning, the she decided that she wanted to start a fairy garden club. I told her i would help if we did research. So I was reading a couple articles on materials, maintenance, and other things that could be helpful. Allot of people said I should put bug hotels in my fairy house. At first I didn't understand, so I looked it up, and this video looked interesting and helpful, so I watched it I think this is really informational, and cool! thank you!
Don't know how I got here, but I hadn't realized bees hibernate in the cocoons during the off season. It makes sense but I just never thought about it or was taught that in school.
I love that you've even suggested printer paper, making it very, very easy for people to provide homes for solitary bees. I currently have seen loads of solitary bees visiting my flower bed last season. I fully intend to have the same flowers growing again, with even more planted along the fence line. I look forward to tacking together a little home for these lovely little bees. 2 out of 3 links for the Canada/South Dakota/North Dakota native flowers for bees can't be found, the link is a broken link on them. =( 🌾Be Blessed ღ 🌿
I haven't seen a bee in years. Some bumblebees this year, and I think I spotted a Wasp last year. I live in a rural area and often take walks in the forest. Should I be worried?
A saw a large group of honey bees collecting water at a spring the other day, so the should be active by now. You should definitely consider raising a bee hive, that sounds bad.
I've seen quite a few bumblebees now, still no sign of bees or wasps though. Bumblebees are pollinators too, so I hope it's okay. There's a LOT of birds right now, maybe they've eaten them all? I'll be(e) on the lookout for real now! Read about EU banning neonicotinoid pesticides, hopefully that will help - fingers crossed.
I really want to get into Bee Keeping but I live in a flat with no garden area, It's definitely something I'll want to get into when I'm older after Uni.
This seems easy and worthwhile. However these techniques seem to revolve around areas that actually have seasons ... not here in Florida. Would you consider a video on the bee raising as in this video for a more temperate zone, along with the appropriate bees to gather, pests to deter & protect the bee population from, homes, storage ideas, etc? Basically a new video all about temperate zone differences or similarities? I was inclined to take this up right away but just considered the typical weather you describe and that alone is a deterrent for starting. Rather, put off starting, for now. Thank you for the great video, good content, nice presentation, and information contained.
I feel like a jackass. I know little to nothing of bee's, hence my ignorance that is about to spew right now: I took the name as literally solitary, as in I thought you meant 1 single bee, and then the thumbnail made me think it was a SINGLE hive, jfc. Why and how did I even get here...
Bees are so interesting, i almost stepped on one once and i was like oh shit, i barely missed it by doing a lounge instead. That bee kept me on my toes with some exercise 😂😂😂
Thank you for your great videos, ladies. From a bee admirer and saviour in Cape Town, South Africa. Apart from their usefulness, I can watch them for ages on end. Such adorable creatures. Keep up your wonderful dedication to bees, please.
I came here to look at how to make a bee house....but wow I wasn't disappointed at all because I learned so much. Very informative video even if it wasn't what I was originally looking for. Thanks ladies 😁
Hi. I'm confused. Could you explain why you suggest to purchase cocoons? I thought the intention of making a bee house was to provide homes for local bees already living in your area. Why buying them? Thanks so much.
This is wonderful thank you for these videos! I had no idea these bees existed and I've wanted to keep bees for years but just assumed I wouldn't be able to because I'd need a huge hive and tons of expensive supplies. This seems much simpler and like a better way of helping the local ecosystem
"debris and disease in the drillholes" can be drilled out if they look like they need it. I dont need to harvest. The drillholes have been the most successful for me, and i use both
My native leaf cutters in the Key Penn are obsessed with my strawberry plants... they really went for the leaves... but the plants didn't seem to get too shocked from it and produced a lot of fruit...
What a great video, very informative. Didn't know this was a thing! I have this one bee visiting me the last week, i've made some sugar water for it with some honey. Think I'll make the little guy a house.
This year I had a Wool Carder Bee in the garden everyday until it died in the Fall. If it wasn’t for that buddy of mine I would’ve never know about solitary bees. ❤
Regarding the foraging radius, I live in the middle of a city in an apartment building, 6th floor. I wanted to hand such a house on my balcony. I'm wondering if the bees would even reach me up there and there are no close by meadows for them to forage?
It is possible you may get some species of solitary bee, if you drill a range of holes into a piece of wood and plant some native nectar rich plants in some plant pots you may get something
My goodness. Fascinating info; I didn’t even know one could do this! Seems intimidating but I will try it. Video is detailed enough to make you feel you can do it. Thanks.
@@HGICQueenDiamondAries You shouldn't really do it if you are "keeping" bees from an ecological aspect as many of the parasites are other solitary bees ,wasps and flies which also function as pollinators, but if you are doing it for maximum pollination of certain crops (red mason and American blue mason bees are very good at pollinating orchards) then you take out their cocoons to ensure their survival and no parasite build up for the following year. I built a bee hotel and I dont clean it out or do anything and every year I have had more and more red mason bees and also many interesting and beautiful solitary wasps. Some birds may peck out the grubs nearest to the entrance (it happened once to me) but in my view that just makes them part of the food chain so don't worry about it.
lovely vid girls, you have lots of great info and ideas for looking after those lovely solitary bees even though you are in the US lots of the info applies to solitary bees here in the UK. Thank you x
Are there bee house dimensions you recommend? I saw somewhere that 8 inch minimum depth to accommodate longer chutes/tubes to promote more females but I'd appreciate your input too! Great video thanks!
I wanted to build my own bee house to help bugs and bees, but after watching this video I did not know that it is such a responsibility and complex process. Can I just make a bee house and clean it once a year or will I just damage bees?
This is AH MAY ZING! Thank you! Can't wait to get this set up. It is a bit overwhelming with all of the informaion. I will check out some bee keepers in my local area. (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Thankyou so much for these vids. I purchased a mason bee house last summer but had NO idea about any of this. What a dumb dumb lol. I can't do honeybees so I thought maybe I could help those little critters instead. Idk if they are even around here. We live in Northern "midwest"-so stupid they still call it that. We are much closer to the east...anyhoo your info is wonderful. Idk if it will work but gonna try. It is so awful what has been happening to the hive bees and even the bumbles! Some people don't get it either. They think oh its only honey...not! Without the lovely pollinators us "smarty pants" humans will just about starve along with all the other creatures eating grains etc..which of course means less food for predators-of ALL species. Sorry. I KNOW you guys are on top of that. I hope maybe I can attract some friendlies to our yard. I heard that Masons don't even have stingers. Is this correct? Thankyou again ladies.🐾😍🐝🌹
So... 4 weeks before my summer garden begins to bloom, I should place cocoons in a consistent, warm location near the nesting site with temps around 80 degrees F to pupate, right? Then Adult bees should emerge from there in about 28 days?
Please clear up my confusion! You were washing the bee cocoons, but then towards the end of the video you say "don't wash leaf cutter cocoons as they are not waterproof." What am I missing?
I have a carpenter bee infestation on my porch, is there a way to safely get them out of the porch word and into a bee house and what kind of wood should I use
I need HELP! I started heating my greenhouse and all of the sudden there are bees coming from burrowed holes in the frame. How can I take care of them? It’s January and there’s nothing to forge!😫
imagine visiting a friend’s house, opening their fridge, and seeing a container of b e e s
yum
imagine visiting antscanada's house
I find it too implausible to imagine having a friend whose house I can visit.
kermit sewerside it's hip to fuck B E E S
fucc
Not sure how I got here, but it’s oddly interesting
Same bro
hungry? we've got an unfinished coffee, some milk, a beer, some uh bees
bohn only's I would be so mad if someone ate my bees though
Where'd you get these cream filled peanuts, Beverly? They're great!
Lol. I'm sorry but I'm not putting any bees in my fridge. My family would freak
Haha I thought you were keeping a singular bee on her own
Mary Wattu same at first
same I was thinking ok am I about to watch this and want a single pet bee
Me too!!!
xD
HAHA LOL 😂😂 I FEEL DUMB
This is The most wholesome thing
If this doesn't work you can always play jazz to draw a bee out
Kevin David only the smoothest of jazz
This would be a great school project or a family activity that actually benefits the environment and it's super educative. Love it!
Never knew about these Bees. Totally amazing! I don't think we have these Bees where I live.
leokimvideo
I wasn't expecting to see you here! (Big fan btw)
You sure like bugs, huh?
You prob do, they look more like flies.
Who would of thought lol you'll probably help them with some REXONA!
leokimvideo i
Honeybees arent native to North America, but these bees are(depending on your area). People dont know about the hundreds of varieties of native bees mainly because they dont provide honey. Its great yall made this informative and well put together video.
this is the most wholesome thing ive ever seen
I put a store-bought bee house on a south-facing window sill under my covered patio. I didn't buy bees, but I got a lot of native mason bees that showed up on their own.
Does it need to be south facing?
@@brandonkelbe Great question! And the answer is, absolutely not! I placed the bee hotel on the south side of my home, only because that's where my backyard and my patio is. So, it's the most convenient place for me personally. Supposedly, the south or eastern facing side of your house is the ideal place, because that's where the sun first reaches when it rises in the morning. But if the north or west side of your house is better for you, don't worry about it, just put the bee hotel where it's most convenient for you.
@@brandonkelbe i did the same and mines are honey bees that are local to a neighbor state call yucatan honey bee wich are smaller and stingless
they gave a unique honey call meliponia
@@hamsterama I did north because I live in AZ and I figured they wouldn’t like the sun..
Thank you so much! me and my friend built a fairy house this morning, the she decided that she wanted to start a fairy garden club. I told her i would help if we did research. So I was reading a couple articles on materials, maintenance, and other things that could be helpful. Allot of people said I should put bug hotels in my fairy house. At first I didn't understand, so I looked it up, and this video looked interesting and helpful, so I watched it I think this is really informational, and cool! thank you!
Maddie Hudson how is the fairy house?
I hope your fairy house fails and all of the bees die
Demure Z LOL. I love that negativity.
this comment section is hilarious
Maddie Hudson I’m her friend irl. They fought a week after this comment was posted and forgot/destroyed the fairy house. Rip 😐
Don't know how I got here, but I hadn't realized bees hibernate in the cocoons during the off season. It makes sense but I just never thought about it or was taught that in school.
YALL ARE BLOWING MY MIND! This video is dope! I neeeever knew!
incredibly informative and with such beautiful images of bees. thanks :)
Those bees are so adorably fuzzy!
I love that you've even suggested printer paper, making it very, very easy for people to provide homes for solitary bees. I currently have seen loads of solitary bees visiting my flower bed last season. I fully intend to have the same flowers growing again, with even more planted along the fence line. I look forward to tacking together a little home for these lovely little bees.
2 out of 3 links for the Canada/South Dakota/North Dakota native flowers for bees can't be found, the link is a broken link on them. =(
🌾Be Blessed ღ 🌿
neighbor: hey bud whats that?
me: oh its just a house for my free range bees
neighbor: dammit not again
Love how beautiful the leafcutter bees are. Wow.
Been watching mason bees emerging and nesting in my garden and it's magical.
I haven't seen a bee in years. Some bumblebees this year, and I think I spotted a Wasp last year. I live in a rural area and often take walks in the forest. Should I be worried?
98Zai we should all be worried......look up colony collapse
A saw a large group of honey bees collecting water at a spring the other day, so the should be active by now. You should definitely consider raising a bee hive, that sounds bad.
I've seen quite a few bumblebees now, still no sign of bees or wasps though. Bumblebees are pollinators too, so I hope it's okay.
There's a LOT of birds right now, maybe they've eaten them all? I'll be(e) on the lookout for real now!
Read about EU banning neonicotinoid pesticides, hopefully that will help - fingers crossed.
If there is no bee around you, then you must be the bee
No, that means I’m doing a good job.
I really want to get into Bee Keeping but I live in a flat with no garden area, It's definitely something I'll want to get into when I'm older after Uni.
Do you think you could talk to the flat manager/owner about keeping bees in the back yard?
@@donaldlyons17 sir this was 4 years ago
@@giddy7079 she or he may still be living in apartments considering house pricing!!
It is me haha, I am not. Been to uni and live in a house now but it has an equally small yard lol.
This seems easy and worthwhile. However these techniques seem to revolve around areas that actually have seasons ... not here in Florida. Would you consider a video on the bee raising as in this video for a more temperate zone, along with the appropriate bees to gather, pests to deter & protect the bee population from, homes, storage ideas, etc? Basically a new video all about temperate zone differences or similarities? I was inclined to take this up right away but just considered the typical weather you describe and that alone is a deterrent for starting. Rather, put off starting, for now. Thank you for the great video, good content, nice presentation, and information contained.
I feel like a jackass. I know little to nothing of bee's, hence my ignorance that is about to spew right now: I took the name as literally solitary, as in I thought you meant 1 single bee, and then the thumbnail made me think it was a SINGLE hive, jfc. Why and how did I even get here...
I have just started a sustainable bee garden and this video was really helpful!
Bees are so interesting, i almost stepped on one once and i was like oh shit, i barely missed it by doing a lounge instead. That bee kept me on my toes with some exercise 😂😂😂
store them in a cool location, like a disco or a planetarium
These bee's look cute 🐝🐝🐝😍😍😍
It would be so cool too see bees living and thriving in something I built.
Bees are so cute. ^.^
Thank you for your great videos, ladies. From a bee admirer and saviour in Cape Town, South Africa. Apart from their usefulness, I can watch them for ages on end. Such adorable creatures. Keep up your wonderful dedication to bees, please.
You fit so much information on 8 minutes. It feels like the video is longer! Good job, very informative
I came here to look at how to make a bee house....but wow I wasn't disappointed at all because I learned so much. Very informative video even if it wasn't what I was originally looking for. Thanks ladies 😁
I'm a Texas Master Gardener, Master Naturalist and native bee aficionado and educator, and this is an EXCELLENT video.
I see people with great consciousness about the environment and our safety in this world through bees 🐝
aaaa i couldn’t even focus their voices are so cute
Hi. I'm confused. Could you explain why you suggest to purchase cocoons? I thought the intention of making a bee house was to provide homes for local bees already living in your area. Why buying them?
Thanks so much.
this is an amazing resource for anybody who is new to the bee world. Thank you so much for this video. I will Bee back!!
This is wonderful thank you for these videos! I had no idea these bees existed and I've wanted to keep bees for years but just assumed I wouldn't be able to because I'd need a huge hive and tons of expensive supplies. This seems much simpler and like a better way of helping the local ecosystem
Wait what do you harvest the cocoons for? Do you put them back in the nest? Do you put them in a hive?
Do you have to harvest the cocoons or can you leave them and let nature take its course?
Great job! Wonderful info and suggestions. Presentation is also top notch. Thanks for your efforts.
These women are amazing
"debris and disease in the drillholes" can be drilled out if they look like they need it. I dont need to harvest. The drillholes have been the most successful for me, and i use both
This is actually adorable. I need 2 do this :O
Those bees are so adorable, aww! :D
My native leaf cutters in the Key Penn are obsessed with my strawberry plants... they really went for the leaves... but the plants didn't seem to get too shocked from it and produced a lot of fruit...
I didn't even know this was a thing but will probably do it to help bees survive!
What a great video, very informative. Didn't know this was a thing! I have this one bee visiting me the last week, i've made some sugar water for it with some honey. Think I'll make the little guy a house.
This year I had a Wool Carder Bee in the garden everyday until it died in the Fall. If it wasn’t for that buddy of mine I would’ve never know about solitary bees. ❤
The leaf cutter bees are so cute!!!
Regarding the foraging radius, I live in the middle of a city in an apartment building, 6th floor. I wanted to hand such a house on my balcony. I'm wondering if the bees would even reach me up there and there are no close by meadows for them to forage?
Thanks, sweeties!
It is possible you may get some species of solitary bee, if you drill a range of holes into a piece of wood and plant some native nectar rich plants in some plant pots you may get something
Very informative and very helpful. I bought a mason bee or solitary bee hive this year to give the bees home. I hope that we have the bees every year.
Whoa, never heard of that kind of bee before. We'll have to check out the other video too. Thanks so much for sharing!
God, I don't miss having to learn things before the internet and UA-cam!
Great job ladies. This is the most informative video I’ve seen on UA-cam. 👍
Fascinating. What a bunch of cuties.
Very helpful - thank you! Much appreciated…I have subscribed.
Yes, this is exactly what I want... a shit ton of bees on the side of my house 👏 👏 👏
My goodness. Fascinating info; I didn’t even know one could do this! Seems intimidating but I will try it. Video is detailed enough to make you feel you can do it. Thanks.
You longed me to diversify beekeeping.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝😍😍😍😍😍
Somehow I am not getting this - why would I need to remove the cocoons from the tubes?
I'd like to know too
@@HGICQueenDiamondAries You shouldn't really do it if you are "keeping" bees from an ecological aspect as many of the parasites are other solitary bees ,wasps and flies which also function as pollinators, but if you are doing it for maximum pollination of certain crops (red mason and American blue mason bees are very good at pollinating orchards) then you take out their cocoons to ensure their survival and no parasite build up for the following year. I built a bee hotel and I dont clean it out or do anything and every year I have had more and more red mason bees and also many interesting and beautiful solitary wasps. Some birds may peck out the grubs nearest to the entrance (it happened once to me) but in my view that just makes them part of the food chain so don't worry about it.
This video was very pleasant to watch
Can't you leave them in the tubes to hatch naturally?
Those bees have some great home designers 💯
I never new about these bees 🐝
Very interesting , love bees 🐝
Those are my favourite insect,
They are actually harmless and it safe to touch it.
lovely vid girls, you have lots of great info and ideas for looking after those lovely solitary bees even though you are in the US lots of the info applies to solitary bees here in the UK. Thank you x
Wow...that seems like a lot of work.
I'm confused on the timeline here. When do you need to start? Spring?
Are there bee house dimensions you recommend? I saw somewhere that 8 inch minimum depth to accommodate longer chutes/tubes to promote more females but I'd appreciate your input too! Great video thanks!
I have to say well done , to the point and very interesting.
Imagine your just chilling and then your neighbor decides to raise a wasp army.
Will it work in Indian Himalaya region?
Thanks for the information!
Save the bee,s!!!!!!!!!!!🐝🐝🐝
I wanted to build my own bee house to help bugs and bees, but after watching this video I did not know that it is such a responsibility and complex process. Can I just make a bee house and clean it once a year or will I just damage bees?
this could be a great way to support my bee population without doing top bar bee keeping
That, or take to gardening and plant large amounts of flowers.
This is AH MAY ZING! Thank you! Can't wait to get this set up. It is a bit overwhelming with all of the informaion. I will check out some bee keepers in my local area. (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Super informative! Keep it up!
What if you live in warm climate like? Do you need to still harvest or let them hatch whenever normal for California
They're so cute! My garden is all set up for them:-)
I never knew about these bees! Soo cool!
I feel like I’m watching a portlandia skit
:')
It does!
I dont even watch that show and i got that feel lol
As an Oregonian I can confirm this is very pacific northwestern lol
“Bee Houses...put a bird on it!”
Thanks for sharing! Super interesting!
So I can just leave them in their homes?
I love your hexagons in the video "Keeping solitary bees". What are they made of? How were they fixed to the wall?
Great video. But, can the bee houses be left up for the winter with bees in them or will the freeze kill them?
Lolol!!! This is soo great. Bee pets...
I totally want to do this.
Thankyou so much for these vids. I purchased a mason bee house last summer but had NO idea about any of this. What a dumb dumb lol. I can't do honeybees so I thought maybe I could help those little critters instead. Idk if they are even around here. We live in Northern "midwest"-so stupid they still call it that. We are much closer to the east...anyhoo your info is wonderful. Idk if it will work but gonna try. It is so awful what has been happening to the hive bees and even the bumbles! Some people don't get it either. They think oh its only honey...not! Without the lovely pollinators us "smarty pants" humans will just about starve along with all the other creatures eating grains etc..which of course means less food for predators-of ALL species. Sorry. I KNOW you guys are on top of that. I hope maybe I can attract some friendlies to our yard. I heard that Masons don't even have stingers. Is this correct?
Thankyou again ladies.🐾😍🐝🌹
What is the point of these bees?
So... 4 weeks before my summer garden begins to bloom, I should place cocoons in a consistent, warm location near the nesting site with temps around 80 degrees F to pupate, right? Then Adult bees should emerge from there in about 28 days?
Please clear up my confusion! You were washing the bee cocoons, but then towards the end of the video you say "don't wash leaf cutter cocoons as they are not waterproof."
What am I missing?
First time i saw one, i thought it was a bumblebee who got stuck in a hole . Only its ass was wiggling out of it. I laughed so hard i had to lie down.
I have a carpenter bee infestation on my porch, is there a way to safely get them out of the porch word and into a bee house and what kind of wood should I use
really enjoyed it
Wow! I never knew you could harvest bee cocoons! :O
I need HELP! I started heating my greenhouse and all of the sudden there are bees coming from burrowed holes in the frame. How can I take care of them? It’s January and there’s nothing to forge!😫
Do you know what would make this video better? The addition of yet more bees by Dr Bees!