Meet the bees that never make honey.
Leafcutter, mason and ground-nesting bees live alone, rarely sting and pollinate small gardens all season.
Explore native beesSimple calculators and plain-English guides for bee hotels, backyard hives, native bees and pollinator gardens.
Popular: bee hotel planner, sugar syrup calculator, honey moisture checker
Three steps, from helping wild bees on a balcony to planning your first hive. Stop at any step.
Put up a bee hotel and grow a few flowers bees love. It works in the smallest space.
Queen, workers, seasons and what a beekeeper actually does each month.
Check the space, the rules where you live and the real cost before you buy anything.
Leafcutter, mason and ground-nesting bees live alone, rarely sting and pollinate small gardens all season.
Explore native beesPick the right hole size, depth and wall for a bee hotel on a balcony, fence or shed.
Try the bee hotel plannerSyrup ratios, winter checks and mite counts, worked out from your own numbers.
See hive care toolsWraps, candles and polish, with exact amounts for the sizes you’re making.
Try the beeswax wrap calculatorPick a job. Each one opens the tools and guides that help with it.
Browse all toolsA pocket version of the bee hotel planner. Drag the slider to see which bees would nest in each hole size.
Drag to change the hole size in a bee hotel.
Mason bees. Most often nest in holes around 8 mm (5/16 inch).
A bee hotel on a balcony, a pot of the right flowers, or your very first hive. We’ll help with the numbers.