bee houses

because the dog ( marigold by name ) is a terrier and is inclined to open up construction-grade excavations in the back yard, mason bees had ample raw material to work with out there in nesting terms last spring...

and so they began to utilize the bee houses i had hung up around the yard...

after the bees' season ended i took them down and stored them in predator-proof bags in the tool shed for the winter...

spring, and mason bee season, is nearly here and since i cout twenty six tubes of mason bee larva waiting to hatch i concluded it was time to bring them out and hang them back up so they don't hatch out in the tool shed...

the soil is thawing...new excavtions are opening up...the yard is ready...all we need are the daffodils and the bees.