Leafcutting bees (Megachile) working on their nests. This bee condo wsa purchased from a beekeeping supply store in Sacramento. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Native Bee Nests
Where to Find or Make Nesting Sites for Native Bees. Compilation by Robbin Thorp, native pollinator specialist and emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Note: Many beekeeping supply stores sell drilled wooden blocks, also known as "bee houses" or "bee condos.")
Bee Houses
Mason/Leafcutting Bees (tube nesters)
- As Sculpture:
Garden Insights (Garden Insights, Landscape Design and Structure) - National Wildlife Federation:
How to Build a Bee House
The Buzz About Bee Houses for Your Garden
Waxing Eloquent on Native Bees - Mason Bee Homes:
Mason Bee Homes: Why Bee Homes Are Important
Mason Bee Homes: The Buzz About Bees
Mason Bee Homes: Bee Houses - the Mason Bee "Pro Bee Block" - Northwest Nature Shop: Mason Bee Block Houses and Lodges
- Crown Bees: Wide Variety of Mason Bee Houses
- Beediverse: Bee Blocks and Nesting Tubes
- Wikibooks: Building Solitary Bee Houses
- City Farmer News: Mason Bee Houses
- Xerces Society Guidelines & Fact Sheets:
Farming for Bees: Guidelines for Providing Native Bee Habitat on Farms
Nests for Native Bees
Tunnel Nest Construction and Management
Bumble Bees (larger cavity nesters: abandoned rodent or bird nests)
Bird Houses
- Ground (Underground entrance)
Plans for Bumble Bee Nest Boxes from Bumblebee.Org - Tom Clothier: Bumble Bee Next Boxes
- How to Build A Bumble Bee Nest, From Happy Farming.com
- BeeSource: Bumble Bee Nesting Boxes
- Wildforms: Solitary Bee and Bumble Bee Nest Boxes
- Renewables at Home: How to Build a Bumble Bee Nest
Soil Nesting Bees
(Flower boxes/tubs with sand/soil for ground nesting bees)