The Gentle Mason Bee: A Great Pollinating Friend for Home Backyard Gardners

Episode 503 - Solitary Bees - Growing A Greener World TV
Growing A Greener World is a national gardening series on Public Television that features organic gardening, green living and farm to table cooking. Each episode focuses on compelling and inspirational people making a difference through gardening. This gardening series covers everything from edible gardening and sustainable agriculture to seasonal cooking and preserving the harvest.

This episode features the Mason Bee and its wonderful benefits to pollination for backyard gardeners and farmers alike. This is a gentle bee that simply pollinates and doesn't sting. This is worth watching!

Also see Forrest Greenslade's Why Bee Cause blog for information on Mason Bee nesting tips.

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Carolinas water managers brace for a drier - or sometimes wetter - climate future