I’ve created Mason bee-specific entertaining presentations for garden clubs, master gardener’s training sessions, schools, nurseries, environmental groups and related college classes.  I continue to work on various experiments of my own to either prove or disprove some of the information that is being published.  I maintain a nature diary, noting weather conditions and bee activity.   I keep a record of the trees, flowers and plants that are blooming during the “bee” season.  I try to make people aware of their own personal micro-climate and to pay particular attention to their fruit tree’s blooming cycle.

I’m am an enthusiastic gardener/naturalist with a desire to learn all I can about what’s happening in my immediate environment.   My encounter with the Mason bee left such an impression on me that I just had to share my findings with others.  I put together this guide to not only make people aware of this bee’s existence, but to give them the opportunity to provide a desirable habitat for this very important northwest native.