Talk:Mason bee

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MASON BEES I recently discovered by accident that I have mason bees in my garden. I went to prune up my out of control grapes and needed to move a large black plastic pot full of dug fall bulbs.

When I picked it up, it began to hum with bees and one even stung me. I became quite alarmed because in the past I was allergic to bees and wondered why I didn't react, my hand swelled for only a day. I refused to kill them until I talked to my boss who raises honey bees. He came over and looked at them and knew exactly what they were. Mason Bees.

So here I am reading up on these harmless creatures who let me watch them work like the busy little bees that they are preparing for new life come next spring.

So, tell me if these working bees will make the move to the new block home that I plan on building for them and attaching to the fence over my compost bin where they currently reside?