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Mason bees

15 years ago

It has been pretty cold up here in the NW this spring and the fruit trees were late to bloom. I was wondering what else the mason bees like. I noticed a lot of them on a shrub called mountain fire, forsythia was blooming and there seemed to be a lot of them around them, rosemary seemed to attract them too. Azaleas were blooming too but I didn't notice any around them. Anybody have any more ideas what blooms early that the mason's might enjoy?

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todancewithwolves
15 years ago
Mine are all over the cosmos and lavender.
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