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Nesting: Bee Blocks, Condos and Tunnel Nests

Native Bees, Wild Bees and Solitary Bees: University of Minnesota

Nesting Blocks and Bee Condos, UC Berekley Urban Bee Lab

Nests for Native Bees: The Xerces Society

The Logan BeeMail Shelter

Stem-nesting Bees, How to Create Habitat (infographic), Heather Holm

Tunnel Nests for Native Bees: The Xerces Society

USDA Blue Orchard Bee Nesting Info

Xerces Society Nests for Native Bees

Denise Ellsworth
1680 Madison Ave.Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-263-3723ellsworth.2@osu.edu
Department of Entomology

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