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You Can Buy A Bee House To Put In Your Garden And Help Protect Bee Populations

Updated September 8, 2021

By now, it's pretty universally understood that bees are super important to our earth. According to the United States Geological Survey, we can thank bee pollination for providing food on our tables. However, due to a multitude of factors, such as pollution, pesticides, habitat destruction, drought, and many more, bee populations are dwindling, and it will have a great effect on us.

In recent years, many people have taken steps to help support the bee population and help them get pollinatin'!

This native bee house from Costco is a great way to help right in your own backyard or garden.

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Don't worry, you won't get stung.

The Mason Bee Barn is specifically designed to attract native bees, which don't sting and aren't aggressive.

In native bee populations, there is no colony, no swarms, and they don't produce honey.

They just pollinate!

The bamboo and pine structure includes a few different areas— three are for the bees and one is for butterflies.

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Basically, a native female bee is meant to lay her eggs in the tubes, and then seal off the entrance so the baby bees can safely grow undisturbed to be able to pollinate for the next season when they grow up!