Coming up for Friends of Portland Community Gardens
Mason Bee House – Release, Harvest and Training
We are finished for 2024, but we will be back in the spring! Our Fall cocoon Harvest will be in Mid-October. Check back for – date, time, and place.
As part of our mason bee program, we provide a couple of opportunities to learn about mason bees and their management. In the spring – before the bees are released, we have a training that covers the life cycle of the bees and how we can maximize their pollinating potential during the season – March through early June.
In the fall we have a mason been harvest session – mid to late October. At this session, we break apart the trays and harvest the cocoons that have been spun during the summer and fall. These are the cocoons that we will be distributing for the next year
Mason Bee Cocoon Harvesting workshop Mason Bee expert Stephen Anderson will show how to:
- extract cocoons out of the bee house
- inspect and clean cocoons and the nesting trays
- identify pests and parasites
- prepare cocoons for winter storage in the fridge
Contact Allen Field for more information: awfportland.gmail.com