Okay, so....here's a little unknown fact about me: I'm a Mason Bee keeper!! 🐝 💕 I'm starting to get super excited about this year's release!!! I can't wait to see how my fruit trees blossom ❤️ Here's a short vid of one one of my babies from a previous year! Gosh, they're so freakin' cute with their little tufts of hair 😍
@Valkyrie_D Oh my gosh that was cute! How long did that take? I have leafcutters. I just let them release themselves on a table and was startled by them when they flew by after hatching. I didn't buy new cocoons so thought I didn't have any more but they were really active this year.
@AnnetteTRemain some take a little longer than others to hatch. They tire easily. I think this particular bee took about 20mins to hatch 🐝 💕
@Valkyrie_D I think I will get Mason cocoons next year. I also need a new house because the Mason house I have has tubes and a section with drilled holes in it. Wasps have moved into the drilled hole section. So I am only going to do tubed houses from now on.
@AnnetteTRemain using tubes makes it easier to extract and protect cocoons from predators / parasites!!! 💕🐝