During Spring Break, our Neighbors & Nature students built a bee-utiful bee box. The bee box features straw-like tubes, where mason bees can build their homes. Mason bees don’t live in colonies like honey bees. Instead, each female builds her own nest in natural cavities, like holes in wood or cracks between rocks, using mud and other “masonry.” While mason bees aren’t as well known as the non-native honey bees, they are incredibly effective pollinators and essential members of their ecosystem.
Neighbors & Nature is DPNC’s before- and after-school programming, which also runs as a summer camp with day-by-day registration. Neighbors & Nature, as well as all other DPNC educational programming, is dedicated to encouraging curiosity about the natural world and educating students on how they can be good stewards and community members. To learn more about Neighbors & Nature, click here.
Thanks to Wild Ones Mountain Laurel Chapter and Crown Bees for helping us keep Mystic buzzing with native bees!
