Two-coloured mason bees use snail shells for egg laying. They pack the shell with pollen and nectar for their larvae, then seal it with grass and sticky saliva. Humans sometimes consider snails to be ...

Not every bee lives in a hive and makes honey. But some of those other bees are necessary for a healthy garden. Mason bees, for instance, are small native bees with 150 species found in North America.

Thirteen species in the UK have become extinct ... corner of a shed (don’t drill all the way through!) to attract bees like Mason bees. If you notice that the ends of the tubes are plugged ...