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On Sun, 9 May 2004 03:17:10 -0500, "RoyDMercer"

I too heard that bees were good to keep you flowers happy and
blooming, and mason bees being so docile, they were cool for even kids
to watch.

Once someone said by also introducing doctile bees into an area, yhou
will help to displace unwanted insects like wasps, bumble bees. But
I'm guessing this is made up.

Most wasps eat other insects (including bees). You can attract mason bees
by taking a piece of 2x4 and drilling several 3/16" holes into the wood
(deeply but not all the way through). Nail the 2x4 vertically to a fence or
building. This is how commercial orchards attract them. I have some hedges
in the front of my house that will be blooming in a week or two. The mason
bees love them and they will be all over them during this time. I forgo
keeping my hedges trimmed during this time so they bloom well. The bees
make my wife go apey and it's fun to watch her as much as the bees. I was
raised around bees so they don't bother me in the least.