Introduction to Solitary Bees

Thinking about starting a gentle bee sanctuary? Emily and Rebekah cover all of the basics about solitary bees including their life cycles, how they differ from honeybees, and much more.
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[@uhatekara]

They are so friggin cute I can't even.

[@guneetsinghraina7079]

Hit if you all came here searching for these bees after seeing Our Mr been Man vs bee 😂😂

[@jfkonlsd1364]

fun fact the bees that the bee movies represents is an invasive species of bee that has a negative effect on environment because they (un-like the native solitary bees) harvest pollen in a way that the flower can not reproduce any more pollen after they are finished

[@smallforestdweller6999]

What bees are in the bee movie?

[@jfkonlsd1364]

Small forest dweller kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZeVXmtspJqGZ9E This is were I heard it

[@smallforestdweller6999]

Wow didn't realize how weird that film actually is... I love a good film theory!!

[@TheAnantaSesa]

I didnt know what bee movie OP meant and thought he meant this vid about solitary bees. Still interesting reminder that european bees are not native. Tho the native N.A. bees may not be able to recover enough if honeybees die off. Possibly imported crops still depend on honeybee pollination.

[@arher9598]

​@@TheAnantaSesa Any human raised honeybees often produce a disease, and will transfer to solitary bees via flowers... honeybees often receive treatments from human while these are not... yeahh

[@AmericanRX]

I think bees are the nicest insects. Definitely my favorite.

[@jabrae312]

To bee or not to bee, that is the question

[@thewebspinner]

I just realised that I had a solitary bee build it's nest in the truss rod hole on my guitar 5 years ago!!

[@tyelrschits8174]

A month ago, I came across the most dandy tiny awkward bee in the yard. I thought it to be a honey bee but size was much smaller and abdomen not common. I picked it up placed higher in the bushes. #future beekeeper

[@yoyo8077]

Alexander Novak what's a "sweat bee"?

[@lisarobinson266]

Also called furrow bees in England, I think. They are solitary bees attracted to the salt on your skin. Most solitary bees do not sting unless provoked. They are the only bee building their nest, and don't have hundreds of sisters to sacrifice for defense like Honey bees do. I've never even had one land on me yet, looking for sweat--would find that quite interesting if I didn't just react and jump to scare it away before I realized what it was!

[@SuzyBriseno]

I'm a Texas Master Gardener, Master Naturalist and native bee aficionado and educator, and this is an EXCELLENT video.

[@EngPheniks]

Who else is here after watching the Rowan Atkinson Netflix series of Man vs Bee 🐝🙋🏻‍♂️

[@fikieyd6929]

Haha me also😂

[@erenyeager4402]

@@fikieyd6929 me too🤣

[@takashi7854]

Me 3

[@ArtemusPrime]

This is fascinating!! Someday when I can afford having my own house/property I will definitely have bees

[@PauSinaj]

it's been 4 years do you now own a house? Do you now have bees? Please take a moment to reflect, thank you!

[@ouch..3200]

Then you should watch Netflix series Man vs bee😅

[@xXwasup55Xx]

Why wait fuck your landlord

[@thomasneal9291]

be careful with your leafcutters... they can do a number on your local garden simply by cutting circles out of so many leaves. Our roses often looked like swiss cheese by late spring. :)

[@lisarobinson266]

I like that, but some people might not. Choose Mason bees then...they prefer mud for nest building.

[@Kameron-The-Crafter]

Just rember leaf cutter bees that will pollinate clover.

[@aidanmccormack5443]

Very informative, thanks so much! Especially the part about the difference in care between leafcutters and masons. This helps in my particular area because I’ve started my journey a little late, and my mason bees will be out for a shorter time then I’d like. I’ll be starting leafcutters this year as well, though! Thanks again!

[@jhl3653]

Thank you lovely ladies for this important work!!!

[@SansaStarkofWinterfell]

Thanks so much for all the information Emily & Rebekah. That was a wonderful presentation! 🌾Merry meet 🌿

[@tonydebates1954]

Best of hundreds of garden-related videos I have watched in preparation for the season. Thank you!

[@jasonwidmer8009]

Watching this yesterday I was educated again. Thank you so much for this. I will be sharing your videos to hopefully get folks adding solitary bee homes.

[@precarious333]

I LOVE this concept! Just beautiful.

[@jimmyjoebob9040]

These are known as mason bees! They don't actually produce honey!! But as most bees they are wonderful pollinators!! We keep a bee house in the garden just for that reason!! We also keep butterfly houses for the same reason!!

[@lupineallen5039]

94 percent of bees don't make honey! And the ones that do dont make enough for people to harvest. Only 10% of our bees nest in tunnels and cavities like the mason bees, 70% nest underground and so having soil for them to burrow in and native plants to forage on is the best thing you can do for them

[@gabbygurloya]

This is really cool. When I have my first job and my own apartment or house, I think I'll do this! I'm usually terrified of bees.. but I've been trying not to be as I know bee numbers are lowering. This is awesome!

[@SimpleTek]

Fantastic video! I've done videos on bees in greenhouses but this video touched on many things I never even thought of or knew existed! Thank you, I really enjoyed watching it.

[@SeanKyle461]

I just looked for the video rowan atkinson was watching lol

[@imwearingcons1137]

Wow! I have never heard this method of bee keeping! Seems like a fun family hobby to go along with our gardening!

[@jeffclarke5497]

Too much fun watching this. Great job! Thanks for your efforts.

[@salomearnarsdottir1496]

I could watch this all day

[@johndalenino]

Great presentation! I have a new resident of a solitary leaft cutter bee in my garden, made proof by the circular cuts on my jasmine tree. The bee is so cute. I love seeing it when I water

[@silverskyranch]

Stumbled across this while looking for info about growing my veggies. I have seen no bees at all in my neighborhood, and being allergic to honeybees, I think this might be a wonderful alternative for my garden!

[@PJMDS]

Awesome video, thank you very much.

[@UncleVinnys]

Wow! VERY helpful and a great service to ecology-minded citizens. BIG THANK YOU!

[@bongvicta4545]

thought the bee @ 1:13 rolled a fat kief blunt

[@mrurquhart9138]

just having a chill sesh after a hard day's pollen collecting

[@BeeUndercover]

I was thinking the exact same thing! But there seem to be bees that thrive on cannabis pollen :)

[@bradley6386]

Lay off the dope bro. Take a nature hike or something.

[@elena_9002]

Who’s here for the tv serie man vs bee ?🐝😂

[@itsallaboutyoujesusworship1823]

Just what I was looking for!! Knew i would find it. @E Lena_

[@takashi7854]

Me.

[@jclarkson3865]

Rowan Atkinson is a legend

[@Mookiethedog]

Great information ladies! Thanks

[@WildPortraitArtist]

They're so cuuuute! 😍

[@floppinfish]

What a cute video. The animations were adorable.

[@saulgoodman7370]

Oh my, bees are so beautiful. There has always been this little bee like creature living in an outlet in my backyard. I would see it come and go, usually coming back with a piece of flower in its mouth.

[@GenericWhiteBitch1980]

Wow I knew nothing of these. I’m not sure if we have them in England but they sell little bee houses for gardens so I’m assuming we may have some and I’m just oblivious lol.

[@lisarobinson266]

Look at the Dave Goulson videos for England. He has them in his yard, so yes, you do have them.

[@migatron1]

I have them visiting the garden over the past 2-3 years :¬) So cool to watch!

[@alm_alb]

So beautiful.

[@user-mc9hp7zf3f]

Thank you for all the information because because it helps me fall in love with nature especially the pollinators butterflies and all the native solitary bees. On my property.

[@pollinatorprojectroguevall4088]

Excellent video!

[@fcjcheah]

excellent information, thank you!!

[@goodgravy3047]

I loved this.

[@missologogussy9552]

BEAN vs BEE

[@a.c.6361]

This year we are setting up a bee hive for solitary or mason bees by our garden. Last year we noticed we had a few in our garden. So this year we plan to give them a new home.

[@rip3483]

Bees are so cool

[@Trimtank]

Excellent video

[@nqobizizwesibanda8200]

News to me 😃. Thanks for sharing 🙏

[@brandileema5298]

Thanks for the video, very informative. I always wondered what the bee houses were for. Other than locating them close to a food supply is there any other things to take into consideration when placing a bee house?

[@lisarobinson266]

Don't they also like to face the morning sun to get warm more quickly?

[@ChestersonJack]

Lisa Robinson Yep!

[@lisarobinson266]

They like clay soil/mud for building mason bee nests--so a damp place in the ground helps them.

[@droolingfangirl]

so pretty!

[@tiedupsmurf]

Great video

[@debbiebeck5826]

Great help, than you!

[@ScienceByMike]

Great info

[@gmtetwa7]

Those big beautiful blue eyes, 😍 I came to learn about bee but now I'm in love

[@DarleneYoungartist]

I didn't know bees could bee so cute.

[@themachfivepets997]

Oh man!! I have leaf cutter bees!! Theyre cuuute!

[@JavitTheJoker]

Who else is watching because of Man vs. Bee? 😂

[@AeroicaGaming]

If I have a rather heavy wasp and humble bee population, can they operate under this condition or will they just get attacked?

[@IVI00101]

Supply them with appropriately sized AKs.

[@isukwithnames1811]

IVI00101 I laughed way harder than I probably should have lol

[@tomcruise2578]

be careful doing that, they might a turn on you and become terrorist bees.

[@lisarobinson266]

All bees suffer from predatory wasps, Bee wolves, are just one of those. It's a balanced system so not something you can do away with. I have lots of types of bees and the wasps here like my white flowers most--(so you could encourage bees most with colored flowers maybe?) The Bumble bees in my yard often seem to prefer the flowers that Honey bees like--European things like lavender. I have lots of native plants so I work at putting out enough floral resources for all of them! (I don't encourage Honey bees and I've no idea where they commute from, but both Honey bees and Bumble bees can fly for miles for flowers. Solitary bees stay closer to home and have much smaller areas that they forage in. since you call them Humble bees, if you are in Europe, then Honey bees belong to your system, unlike in America, where they were imported for pollination, honey and beeswax production.

[@yeetoryeetor8872]

THEY ARE SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jackyinhere]

THEY ARE SOOOO CUTEEEEEEE

[@CrittingOut]

This is so cute

[@kiro4279]

Leaf cutter bees are so cool

[@Calastein]

I’d love to hear your thoughts on some of my Solitary Bee habitats on my channel and absolutely loved thus brilliant informative video, thank you 🙏🐝🐝🐝❤️

[@kevinstermer5344]

Very informative. Thanks!

[@michaelfoort2592]

Well done

[@GranRey-0]

I live in an apartment but I have a huge variety of bees coming to my plants so I'm considering getting a bee house!

[@McAmber]

Nice video :)

[@1meeel16]

Anyone here after watching man vs bee? Lol

[@mikesnitro]

I'm dealing with a luxury, high rise condominium complex across the river from NYC. The residents are complaining of nuisance bees flying all around their patio doors. It is Giant Resin Bees. I'm not sure if they found holes in the nearby row of elm trees to nest but I can't figure where they are. It is affecting mostly upper level units. The people want them gone, regardless of them being beneficial. I am considering drilling chambers into pieces of wood and hanging them on the property to control the bee harborage, then relocating them to hatch and emerge in a place where they are less of a nuisance.

[@wielderofspoons]

Would this explain why I saw a bunch of bees hanging around a wall? I thought they were honey bees (not that I know if there are any other kind of bees in the UK other than Honey and Bumbles) but thinking back there were some holes in the mortar. There were about 3 of them looking like they were trying to get in

[@lisarobinson266]

Probably. Honey bees would need a larger hole for them to build beeswax to hold larvae and honey.

[@kevinsenna6349]

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[@kevinsenna6349]

@Joaozinho51 o mágico aq acerta e eu que perco ??? Kkkk vc quem assistiu o show quem paga e vc kkkkk

[@eschmidtiii4673]

I have a large log pile from which to make nesting materials: holes 6mm - 8mm, randomly drilled in the ends of short logs stacked under a common roof structure was my thought. I can build several of these and place on my grape trellis posts that line my native pollinator patch. Should I include paper sleeves for harvesting cocoons or allow the natural process to occur? What are your thoughts?

[@nathanhale7444]

🎶Don't know if I will But until I can find me A girl who'll stay and won't play games behind me I'll be what I be A solitary bee A sotary bee🐝🎶

[@vcheekv]

💖🐝💖🐝💖

[@Vinegaroon]

Hymenopterans are awesome.

[@MikeMcRoberts]

How do multiple bees in the same tube get out?

[@pratikbasnet5309]

In which month bee nest of leaf cutter bees should be kept or set up in homes in nepal

[@adventureanglingpnw1821]

Are carpenter bees good pollinators?

[@enkiimuto1041]

Can you make a video on south american bees?

[@git_t0v]

Do they have stingers?

[@elevatordailies]

Females do but sting only when handled roughly. As long as you are gentle you can hold them in your hand without any danger.

[@greynose5650]

fyi i was wondering what those gem-looking three dots on their heads were. They're called ocelli and are probably also eyes but we don't reeaally know yet what they do.

[@bda_deu_jamlu_bhakt]

If I built a solitary bee hotel at in this February so will these bees come to my hotel?

[@larryharris7541]

I definitely have one of these species in my back patio. They are climbing inside the mason wall. They don't bug me at all. It looks like all their little holes also have leaves hanging out.

[@Apple-qo3uw]

Do they sting?

[@goldenapplegames2055]

Will my mason/leaf cutter bees attack or be agresseive with my honey bees?

[@ChestersonJack]

Goldenapple Games more likely the other way around lol

[@lisarobinson266]

No. Honey bees actually work harder when competing with solitary bees.

[@ethan8278]

Can these bees survive in Australia and do they sting? Also, are they okay with succulents? I keep a lot of succulents.

[@ChestersonJack]

I-kun Solitary bees are usually very docile, and there are species that are native to Australia

[@lisarobinson266]

You have blue-banded bees there that look amazing. I'm sorry I don't know what other bees live there but you must have pollinators that belong there. Do a little research to see what lives there, please do not import anything that does not belong in Australia. Read about what happened when they introduced Bumble bees to Tasmania. Caused a lot of problems.

[@ethan8278]

Will do!

[@UHarshanBlackBoy1995]

Nice video! The bees and bumble bees are cuter than wasps and hornets. The last one is the enemy of (the) bees.

[@KellyMPVM]

The title is incomplete. N. America is not the only place with solitary bees. Please bee specific in title and description. ;-)

[@Kouyou160]

Is it possible to get honey from these bees?

[@abhijatsinghshakya1399]

can you explain there lifecycle, I am really confused in there lifecycle

[@myrandomdays8086]

Do they sting

[@112barbara]

Hello, i live in Portugal and i also live in an apartment. I would like to have some solitary bees but i don't know what species(?) it's better for the place i live. How can i know that?

[@ants7279]

I knew about these before it was cool

[@PastorPeewee20]

Will these housings produce honey?

[@BeeBuiltSupply]

No.

[@ravan1752]

How did I get here?

[@pepercat17]

Finally after years of seeing small Brown bees and thinking "this bee is different. I wish I knew more about this type Of bee" I find out about solidarity bees. To think, all this time all the info of bees I was exposed to was purposely pushed by honey bee owners.

[@alexclarke9014]

Will pesticides sprayed on cherry and apple trees kill the bees?

[@pamelaspooner8335]

Alex Clarke read the label carefully.

[@rngzus4537]

so do these bees sting?

[@thephenom724]

RNG zus No they are actually quite docile. They'll only sting you if you're trying to squish them.

[@lisarobinson266]

They can but rarely do. Gentle bees as a rule.

[@pratikbasnet5309]

are there solitary bees in nepal

[@kingrapid]

Can someone plz explain to me the difference between keeping solitaries and a normal hive? I mean... what's the benefit? can one still yield honey from solitaries? is it similar to the "bumblebee" which we have here in the UK? Are they classified as solitary bees because they don't live in hives or swarms? (plz advise).

[@danielweston9188]

no honey but lots of pollinated fruit!

[@SuperManning11]

kingrapid - this is what my understanding is: Honey bees live in a hive and produce honey, and are not native to North America. They are also not as efficient at pollination as the solitary bees. Solitaries do not live in hives but rather are a one-woman operation (since they are females) that hunt for pollen and nectar themselves and then find a reed or tube in which to lay their eggs. Because solitaries have to leave enough pollen with each egg to be sufficient to feed the larva that will emerge unattended- (rather than being constantly fed and groomed as they would have been in a hive) they tend to be much more effective pollinators than Honey Bees. And yes, bumblebees are just one example of solitary bees. Tomato flowers, for example, need the strength and size of a bumblebee to properly pollinate so you definitely want to have as many around as possible if you grow tomatoes in your garden, and honestly who doesn't? I hope this is clear--it's still a bit new to me as well.

[@doggocat4464]

Stephen Smith I didn’t know bumblebees were solitary! This makes me so happy, cuz they’re really cute, but I can’t take care of a hive.

[@thomasneal9291]

well, most bumblebees AREN'T solitary. they produce underground nests of up to a hundred or so workers. you just need to look out for them when you mow your lawn. :)

[@hamsterama]

+kingrapid I think the main benefit from solitary bees is the entertainment factor. They are fun to watch! You couldn't get up close to a bumblebee or a honeybee hive without proper equipment to prevent you from being stung. Mason and leafcutter bees, on the other hand, will let you get right up close to their nests, and you won't have to worry about being stung. I find that the leafcutter bees that visit my backyard are rather shy. But the mason bees are lots of fun to be around. They're not scared of people, and they will buzz all around you to check you out.

[@cole388]

Had one nest in the port of an outdoor TV once... was not fun to clean out

[@haroldinho9930]

50 degrees!what!?