87 Steve Peterson - How To Make Mason Bees Thrive?

PolliNation Podcast

English - February 25, 2019 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 128 ratings
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Listen in to learn Steve's experience in making and maintaining mason bee nesting blocks, and why he advocates using a wood laminate in its construction.

"I've always been interested in that you can raise these bees and sort of have a lower input in terms of having to put them into cold storage so soon." - Steve Peterson.

Learn more about this episode of PolliNation at http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/pollinationpodcast/2019/02/25/steve-peterson/