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Bees need homes too! See how you can repurpose different household materials to create your own nest for cavity nesting bees.
Native bees are important pollinators of many food crops like tomatoes and blueberries. Like other pollinators, they need flowers for food but they also need habitat for making their nests.
Some native bees make their nests in tunnels beneath bare, undisturbed ground. Other native bees make their nests in cavities like the stems of dead plants.
In this activity, you’ll make a nest for cavity nesting bees that you can place outside to observe native bees in your own backyard.
This activity is part of our 4-H at Home Midwestern Native Bees Series. See the rest of the activities here.
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Scissors
Several sheets of computer paper (enough to make 10-20 tubes)
Ruler
Different size writing utensils to use to roll the paper (like an ordinary #2 pencil, a thin marker, a highlighter, and any other size you would like to try)
A metal hanger to make very small tubes
Tape
Black permanent marker
Variety of colorful markers
Sticks
Any container at least 7 inches deep, that is also waterproof and flexible enough to be cut with scissors
String or wire
Scissors
Several sheets of computer paper (enough to make 10-20 tubes)
Ruler
Different size writing utensils to use to roll the paper (like an ordinary #2 pencil, a thin marker, a highlighter, and any other size you would like to try)
A metal hanger to make very small tubes
Tape
Black permanent marker
Variety of colorful markers
Sticks
Any container at least 7 inches deep, that is also waterproof and flexible enough to be cut with scissors
String or wire
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