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 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.
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 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 🌿
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.
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 😁
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
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 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...
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. ❤
"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
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.
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.
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.🐾😍🐝🌹
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!
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)
Watching this because a bee wandered into my house and became ill because it couldn't get out 😞 it's out now, but very weak. So building a small house for it
they said it was to prevent disease and fungus and parasitism. which makes sense. however i dont understand the whole water bath. wouldnt that make them prone to mold ?
Yeah, I get removing them. But storing them? That's... that needs an explanation. I want to do this because the whole colony collapse thing is really spooky. But I don't know much about it, and have no idea why you'd store them.
storing them provides a safe and controlled environment where they won't get sick or attacked and won't wake up until you release them when conditions outside are optimal. also, there are some types of bees that would require you to get more bees to keep the population going, so saving every individual you can can help with that.
@@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.
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
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
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!
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.
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..
this is the most wholesome thing ive ever seen
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 😐
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!
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 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.
Love how beautiful the leafcutter bees are. Wow.
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 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 🌿
Been watching mason bees emerging and nesting in my garden and it's magical.
store them in a cool location, like a disco or a planetarium
neighbor: hey bud whats that?
me: oh its just a house for my free range bees
neighbor: dammit not again
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.
These bee's look cute 🐝🐝🐝😍😍😍
Bees are so cute. ^.^
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 😂😂😂
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
Yes, this is exactly what I want... a shit ton of bees on the side of my house 👏 👏 👏
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 😁
It would be so cool too see bees living and thriving in something I built.
These women are amazing
I see people with great consciousness about the environment and our safety in this world through bees 🐝
Those bees are so adorable, aww! :D
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
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...
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!!
The leaf cutter bees are so cute!!!
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...
God, I don't miss having to learn things before the internet and TH-cam!
aaaa i couldn’t even focus their voices are so cute
I didn't even know this was a thing but will probably do it to help bees survive!
Save the bee,s!!!!!!!!!!!🐝🐝🐝
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 is actually adorable. I need 2 do this :O
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. ❤
Whoa, never heard of that kind of bee before. We'll have to check out the other video too. Thanks so much for sharing!
"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
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.
I'm a Texas Master Gardener, Master Naturalist and native bee aficionado and educator, and this is an EXCELLENT video.
Great job! Wonderful info and suggestions. Presentation is also top notch. Thanks for your efforts.
Those bees have some great home designers 💯
Those are my favourite insect,
They are actually harmless and it safe to touch it.
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.
Great job ladies. This is the most informative video I’ve seen on TH-cam. 👍
I never new about these bees 🐝
Fascinating. What a bunch of cuties.
You longed me to diversify beekeeping.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝😍😍😍😍😍
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!”
Wow...that seems like a lot of work.
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.
This video was very pleasant to watch
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.
I never knew about these bees! Soo cool!
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.🐾😍🐝🌹
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
Very interesting , love bees 🐝
Do you know what would make this video better? The addition of yet more bees by Dr Bees!
Very helpful - thank you! Much appreciated…I have subscribed.
Bees?!? . . . . *B E E E S ! ! ! !*
Wait what do you harvest the cocoons for? Do you put them back in the nest? Do you put them in a hive?
Imagine your just chilling and then your neighbor decides to raise a wasp army.
Do you have to harvest the cocoons or can you leave them and let nature take its course?
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!
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)
I love your hexagons in the video "Keeping solitary bees". What are they made of? How were they fixed to the wall?
its 2am and never in my life have i had an ihterest for bees but ive been watching videos like this for an hour wtf i wnt bees
I want to do this for a homeschool unit study😃
Watching this because a bee wandered into my house and became ill because it couldn't get out 😞 it's out now, but very weak. So building a small house for it
a couple of bees took over our playground that had a few screw holes vacant... i found the holes plugged up with mud.
They look like Portlandia characters
(cool tho!)
Isabella PZ Bees? We can pickle those.
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.
Thanks for the information!
I like this but i imagined something simpler like I'm not going to bleach wash bee cocoons lol
In the UK these are quite popular, in many stores you can buy them for like £2
They also work well, i put one up last week and already 3 bees have made a home inside
I have to say well done , to the point and very interesting.
Thanks for sharing! Super interesting!
I was looking or tutorials on how to do a math thing. I have no idea how I got here.
Just stumbled upon this video randomly: whats the purpose of harvesting cocoons?
fartx211 I don’t know? They love our old barn overhang . They do fine on their own.
they said it was to prevent disease and fungus and parasitism. which makes sense. however i dont understand the whole water bath. wouldnt that make them prone to mold ?
It protects them from being eaten
Yeah, I get removing them. But storing them? That's... that needs an explanation. I want to do this because the whole colony collapse thing is really spooky. But I don't know much about it, and have no idea why you'd store them.
storing them provides a safe and controlled environment where they won't get sick or attacked and won't wake up until you release them when conditions outside are optimal. also, there are some types of bees that would require you to get more bees to keep the population going, so saving every individual you can can help with that.
They're so cute! My garden is all set up for them:-)
On one hand I'm terrified of bees, but on the other I want to help sustain the bee population.
Can't you leave them in the tubes to hatch naturally?
Wow! I never knew you could harvest bee cocoons! :O
Super informative! Keep it up!
I saw some Mason bees in my garden, I have no idea of they already have a nest, but I'm thinking about make a place for them to nest.
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.
One day when I have my own home I'm gonna get me some bees!!!