Learn how to raise gentle solitary mason bees this spring and grow more fruit and berries in your gardens. Mason bees are dark blue bees, native to Washington State, who build their nests in cavities like those found in deadwood and hollow stems. You'll learn how to provide nesting habitat and care for the bee cocoons as they hibernate over winter. While mason bees don't make honey, they are super-effective pollinators that fly in cool and wet spring weather. Mason bees help gardeners and farmers grow more apples, cherries, plums, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and other foods that bloom in the spring. The class will cover the mason bee life cycle, nesting behavior, year-round bee care, and how to provide a healthy nesting and foraging habitat for mason bees.

Cost: $20
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Instructor Demarus Tevuk is an environmental educator with a strong background in traditional ecological knowledge, native plants, and native pollinators. Demarus developed educational content for Crown Bees and has been raising native mason bees and teaching others how to raise them for the past five years. An Inupiaq woman from Nome, Alaska, she enjoys sharing her research on the definition of sustainability from the Native American perspective. Demarus earned her degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Washington and she has a certificate in Permaculture Design.

All times are Pacific Time.