How do I harvest cocoons from bamboo and drilled blocks of wood?
Bamboo, while low cost, is too structurally sound to easily open like natural reeds. Consider this solution:
- Place the entire house into a BeeGuard bag early spring and close the opening.
- Check the bag daily when mason bees should be emerging and let them out of the bag.
- Pests, like the Houdini Fly, can be killed while still in the bag.
- In May, consider composting or disposing of the old house so that no more bees will be harmed.