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Mason Bees | 40+ OBA Certified Cocoons with Free 2 Day ShippingOBA Certified Mason Bees for Spring 40+ Cocoons, Region Specific & Pest Free For the health of the bees, we only ship bee cocoons on Mondays (February April) to ensure they do not get stuck in transit over the weekend. We recommend you choose which Monday your bees leave our warehouse with FedEx 2Day FREE Shipping to align with the week your spring garden begins to bloom and gets consistent daytime temps of at least 55F 13C. Spring Mason Bees are
OBA-Certified Mason Bees for Spring | 40+ Cocoons, Region-Specific & Pest-Free
For the health of the bees, we only ship bee cocoons on Mondays (February - April) to ensure they do not get stuck in transit over the weekend. We recommend you choose which Monday your bees leave our warehouse with FedEx 2Day FREE Shipping to align with the week your spring garden begins to bloom and gets consistent daytime temps of at least 55°F/13°C.
Spring Mason Bees are perfect for pollinating fruit trees, nut trees, berries, and spring-blooming flowers. These remarkable bees are super pollinators, visiting thousands of flowers per day and offering an impressive 99% pollination rate, which means a healthier, more productive garden.
Why Spring Mason Bees?
- Active for 4-6 weeks: These bees are active during the spring, giving them a significant window to pollinate a wide variety of flowers and crops.
- Superior Pollinators: A single Mason bee can do the work of 100 Honey bees, providing invaluable assistance to your garden and local ecosystem.
- Gentle & Easy to Raise: Spring Mason Bees are known for being incredibly gentle and non-aggressive, making them safe for families, pets, and anyone new to beekeeping.
- Adapted to Cold and Wet Conditions: Mason bees are active even when it's cooler or rainy, unlike Honey bees, ensuring your garden gets pollinated even in less-than-ideal weather.
How to Care for Your Mason Bees
Once your Mason bee cocoons arrive, it's essential to provide the right conditions to help them thrive:
- Pollination Needs: Mason bees need pollen to survive. Be sure to select a shipping date that’s approximately two weeks before your spring plants bloom to ensure your bees have a food source when they emerge.
- Moisture and Clay: These bees are clay-using, so make sure to have a reliable source of clay-rich, moist soil nearby. If you don’t have it, be sure to order Spring Mason Bee Mud Mix.
- Provide Proper Habitats: Set up 8mm nesting materials (be sure to avoid bamboo), and ensure the nesting habitat is in a safe, sunny location near flowers.
- Observe & Enjoy: Watch your bees forage and nest. They typically spend 4-6 weeks working hard to pollinate and lay eggs in the nesting materials.
Shipping & Bee Health
- Free FedEx 2-Day Mail: Ensuring your Mason bees and kit arrive quickly and safely.
- Separate Shipping: For the health and safety of the bees, all mason bee cocoons are shipped separately from other products and are dispatched on Mondays (from February to April) to ensure they don’t sit in transit over the weekend.
- Health Checks: All bees are harvested, cleaned, and checked for disease prevention to reduce the risk of pests and infections. However, it's natural for a small number of bees to die during hibernation.
- Shipping Instructions: You’ll receive detailed instructions on how to release and care for your mason bees once they arrive.
Specifications
- 40+ Mason bee cocoons: Includes about 16 female and 24 male cocoons (this is the natural ratio of males to females).
- Release Instructions: Included to ensure the best start for your mason bees.
Important Notes
- Mason Bees Are Clay-Dependent: Female mason bees require a reliable source of clay to construct their nest walls. If your soil isn’t clay-rich, be sure to order Spring Mason Bee Mud Mix.
- Avoid Bamboo Nesting Materials: Mason bees prefer 8mm nesting materials, and bamboo can be a poor choice due to its structure and risk of causing harm to bees.
- BeeMail Subscription: We encourage you to sign up for BeeMail for expert guidance, seasonal reminders, and tips to ensure your success with raising mason bees.
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Save when you purchase more bees; the more you buy, the better the price. Get a head start on your spring garden pollination and increase the yield from your flowers, fruits, and vegetables!
Order Spring Mason Bees today and enjoy the many benefits of these amazing, gentle pollinators in your garden!
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★★★★★ 4
This was a Good gift for the right person
Format: Paperback
My nephew wanted a similar book- this had better reviews and I heard about lots of things that he’d done with this book. Glad I got it
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Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2025
★★★★★ 5
From the creator of the Godot Recipes site!
Format: Paperback
Absolutely loved this, takes you through building 5 different games from start to finish, and explains not only how to do things, but it also explains the why! Throughout the course of making these 5 games, you also get introduced to many of the Nodes within Godot, explanations on how they are used, and gives you some experience using them! Feels good to add more tools into your toolkit as you become more familiar and comfortable using more Nodes.
Even though this book is not intended for beginners, I would still recommend this book. It comes with a link where you can download example files and get going with minimal effort, however to get the most out of the book I would try to recreate stuff yourself.
I found it very useful for easing myself into trying out 3D development. I've been doing 2D for years, and am currently developing a 2D game in Godot, once I complete that I'll be diving headfirst into 3D and this book gave me a lot of insight, and I feel much better about the whole process.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Just what a gamer needs!
Format: Paperback
Perfect gift for my son!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2015
★★★★★ 2
would have been better as a blog
Format: Paperback
First off, I have read over half of this book, but ultimately decided to put it down because it had a low signal-to-noise ratio. If the second half is filled with magic, I apologize in advance.
What I liked:
* The author is very honest. He does not shy away from discussing his failures (and successes).
* The postmortem on the game "Life of Pixel" was especially good.
* Interviews from various indie studios are sprinkled throughout.
What I did not like:
* A number of pieces of information were already out-of-date. This makes me think that the concepts should have been discussed at a higher level. For example, specifics about game engine costs are discussed. These numbers have changed since E3 of this year. Definitely recheck any information before formulating a plan based on the book's recommendations.
* The indie studio interviews are a wasted opportunity in that they each interview has the same set of questions. It's like a questionnaire was sent out via email and the responses were pasted into the book.
* When discussing commercial options, such as engines or other software packages, blurbs once again appear to be cut-and-pasted (this time verbatim from the package's web site).
* Some of the advice is too broad and too light. For example, when writing about how to create a press release, the author discuss how to write in the active voice. I'm frankly not looking for writing tips in my Indie Game Developer Handbook.
* The book is filled with tons of web links. My paperback copy was not so useful here.
I ultimately left the book with the impression that the information would have been much better in the form of a blog. The author could have really gone in depth with the parts of the book that shined while keeping the surveys of topics in a form that serves them better (i.e. web links on the web).
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Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2015
★★★★★ 5
Helpful information and Questions to consider
Format: Paperback
As a writer of science fiction and fantasy I had already looked into the physical aspects of the worlds I was creating, but I quickly realized I needed to include society and culture in the worldbuilding. I started a search for information, questionairres, or guidelines to use and found very little that would be helpful to me as a writer. Until I came across this book. It's exactly what I needed. It touches on multiple aspects of beliefs and practices and asks questions to help you think through what you want for your worlds, even if it's mostly backgroud. A very useful tool.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2024