MASON BEES ARE SMALL. They don’t look like what we think a bee should look like and in fact more closely resemble a fly, although some are an attractive metallic greenish-blue. While they might live ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Planting colorful flowers will bring bees to your yard and support pollination. But while you make efforts to provide these insects with food ...

“This larger one is a female, and the smaller one is a male,” Paisley said as he held a box of small, brown mason bee eggs next to a nest at Willamette Valley Vineyards, south of Salem. “There’s a ...