How to protect solitary bees from birds
Here are a few ideas you can use to help protect bees in your yard.
Place bird feeders out of the direct line of sight of your native bee house.
Install our Bird Guard on the front of your Crown Bees bee house.
Place hardware cloth with openings that are no smaller than ¾” across the face of your mason bee house.
- Fill any empty space within your bee house with rocks, sticks, or crumpled paper. Filling the empty space will deter birds from nesting inside your bee house.
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