{"id":17866,"date":"2023-07-21T13:15:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T20:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=17866"},"modified":"2023-07-21T13:15:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T20:15:07","slug":"native-bee-nesting-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/native-bee-nesting-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Native bee nesting blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few years ago I built a nesting block for native bees. I was hoping to increase their numbers by giving them an attractive nesting site so that I could in turn receive their pollination of my vegetables and fruit trees. I additionally planted flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My efforts appear to have worked. I see good pollination throughout the yard, and the holes in the nesting block are almost all filled. So it&#8217;s time to build a new block and provide even more nesting sites for even more native bees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where do native bees nest?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most bees that are native to Southern California are loners; they don&#8217;t live in colonies like honey bees. They build nests for their young either in the ground or in a cavity, a hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This spring I watched native bees dig nests in the dirt in a crack in our driveway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nesting-holes-in-dirt-native-bees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nesting-holes-in-dirt-native-bees.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17868\" width=\"648\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nesting-holes-in-dirt-native-bees.jpg 648w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nesting-holes-in-dirt-native-bees-480x279.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 648px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nests for native bees that rear their young in the ground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And I watched other native bees build their nests in the holes that my kids and I drilled into a 2&#215;4 and attached to the wall of our garage a few years ago: our native bee nesting block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bee-nest-board-holes-filled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bee-nest-board-holes-filled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17875\" width=\"408\" height=\"544\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stuffed inside each hole are about a handful of bee eggs and provisions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Building a native bee nesting block<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this second nesting block, we chose a scrap 4&#215;4 made of redwood. Our first one was a 2&#215;4 made of pine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I doubt the choice of wood matters, but the sizes of the holes must since different bees are different sizes. Some are so small that they&#8217;re hard to notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bee-on-zinnia-Halictus-maybe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bee-on-zinnia-Halictus-maybe.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17874\" width=\"407\" height=\"363\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Small native bee on zinnia flower in my yard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While others are so big and loud that they can&#8217;t be missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our first nesting block we drilled holes from 1\/8 to 3\/8-inch wide. The small ones were filled first, but eventually all of the large ones also had nests in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bee-nest-board-holes-filled-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bee-nest-board-holes-filled-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17870\" width=\"599\" height=\"424\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Larger holes for larger bees, smaller holes for smaller bees. Different species use different materials to build their nests: mud, leaves, etc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> So the kids started drilling into the redwood with bits of the same sizes as the first nesting block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/my-son-drilling-holes-nest-board-4x4-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/my-son-drilling-holes-nest-board-4x4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17869\" width=\"518\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/my-son-drilling-holes-nest-board-4x4-1.jpg 518w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/my-son-drilling-holes-nest-board-4x4-1-480x384.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 518px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My son drilling the first holes in the second block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The holes should be deep but not through. They should be dead-end holes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I attached our first nesting block to the northwest corner of our garage&#8217;s wall using metal brackets. While I have read that a nesting block facing south or southeast is ideal, such orientation is clearly not vital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bee-nest-board-under-eave.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bee-nest-board-under-eave.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17873\" width=\"601\" height=\"404\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t seem that the bees are particular about the height of the nesting block either. Mine is between three and six feet off the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shade during the heat of the day might be important though. An eave provides shade for my nesting block, and it keeps rain off the block too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out these resources for more detailed information on native bee nesting blocks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xerces.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2018-05\/12-015_02_XercesSoc_Nests-for-Native-Bees-fact-sheet_web.pdf\">&#8220;Nests for Native Bees&#8221;<\/a> from the Xerces Society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>California Bees and Blooms<\/em>. See <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/california-bees-and-blooms-a-book-review\/\">my review of this book here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bee food first<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, however, that before building habitat for native bees, you must have food available for them or else your effort will be wasted. Food means flowers, the right kinds of flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For guidance on this, see my posts, <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/flowers-for-bees-all-year-in-southern-california\/\">&#8220;Flowers for bees all year in Southern California&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-a-bee-garden\/\">&#8220;Growing a bee garden.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bees-racing-around-sunflowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bees-racing-around-sunflowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17872\" width=\"608\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bees-racing-around-sunflowers.jpg 608w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/native-bees-racing-around-sunflowers-480x382.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 608px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sunflowers are among the favorites of some native bees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have noticed that there are no ads on this website. That&#8217;s because I rely exclusively on <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/supporting-the-yard-posts\/\">your direct support<\/a> to keep them up and coming. Thanks for all the support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of my Yard Posts are listed <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/list-of-yard-posts\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago I built a nesting block for native bees. I was hoping to increase their numbers by giving them an attractive nesting site so that I could in turn receive their pollination of my vegetables and fruit trees. I additionally planted flowers. My efforts appear to have worked. 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