Mason Bee Nesting System

Generously donated by Rock Pond Nursery in Estacada, OR. This mason bee nesting sytem is durable, lightweight and provides 40 nesting holes for your bees this spring.

These nesting trays have the following advantages:

1. They are waterproof thereby preventing moisture and mold development.

2. They provide protection from preditor wasps and birds. If you use Kraft paper nesting tubes, your mason bees are not protected from predator wasps and Kraft paper tubes are a bitc* to clean.

3. These nesting trays can be cleaned in minutes. If you don't clean them the following year you'll lose your bees to mold and pollen mites. Bamboo tubes are safer but even harder to clean, and neither are reusable, these nesting trays are reusable.

4. They are light and easy to carry and handle. 

This type of nesting arrangement was developed as a result of long-term tests and verified in field conditions. Using the same nesting trays in many consecutive breeding seasons is a basic advantage.The nesting trays are made of thermoforming polymer. The trays when put together have two-ply sidewalls along the nest channels enabling temperature stabilization inside the nests. The optimum length and the diameter of nest channels are adapted to the mason bee females' requirements while laying eggs. Dimensions of nest channels: diameter 8 mm, length 14 cm.

• Company Name : Rock Pond Nursery