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mason bee
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mason bee
n.
Any of various solitary bees of the family Megachilidae, found worldwide, that build clay nests.

mason bee
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any bee of the family Megachilidae that builds a hard domelike nest of sand, clay, etc., held together with saliva
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Noun1.mason bee - any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sandmason bee - any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand
bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
family Megachilidae, Megachilidae - leaf-cutting and mason bees


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WHILE all bees are great pollinators, the Red Mason bee in particular is extremely efficient at pollination, more so than honey bees or bumble bees, and if you're a keen fruit grower they will give you an improved fruit yield.
And nest boxes for red mason bees have also gone on trial at the Derwent site.
Red Mason bee nest kits can be bought to place in your garden or you can cut lengths of old canes as we have done at Erddig,and put them in a corner of your garden for the bees to find.
 
 
 
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