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Bees and flowering plants are co-evolutionary and date back to the Cretateous period (+100 m.y.a.). Today an estimated 60-80% of all flowering plants depend upon insect pollination, with bees being the most predominant and efficient group of insect pollinators. With...

General guidelines The opportunity to pollinate your garden comes in a wide variety of shapes, scents and colours. To ensure healthy bee populations, we recommend that you provide an abundant source of food from Spring through Autumn (see list of...

When can you open your nest? Fall when all nesting activity has ceased.  What can you expect to find? Cocoons  Mason, leafcutter and silk bees Predators (Houdini fly larvae), mites and fungi (Chalk brood)   Identify remove and discard - cocoons affected by...