Not to be confused with Mason bees, which have secret meetings, bizarre rituals, and secretly control the honey trade.
In my research, you can make little hives for these guys buy bundling small tubes together and hanging them in a tree or in your garden.
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Clearly a Mason bee, but perhaps it wants to bee aā¦
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Nope, theyāre all males. This though is a female.
edit: Oh, I didnāt see, or it didnāt show, thereād been a reply already.
Thatās some impressive proportional strength. I credit the beeās knees.
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Carpenter bees are a great pest to Viking longships in the USA. Totally not kidding.
My barn has over a hundred years of carpenter bee infestation, but it doesnāt have to protect itās contents against water pressing upwards.
I drill holes in some of my unused firewood. Every year I have to add one.
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