The National Garden Clubs teamed with Crown Bee Co. are promoting mason bees in the garden. They polinate our plants but are not agressive like honey bees and wasps. We are putting up mason bee houses in our gardens. My husband has build 2 types - the wooden block and the tube type, both from recycled materials. The mason bee uses already made holes while carpendar bees make holes.These bees are native where as the honey bee is an imported bee. Sarah McReynolds, president of Texas Garden Clubs recently passed out information and had a display at Landscape Design School in College Station. She will also promote mason bees in Texas Garden Clubs fall convention in Houston. In our area we have the red horn face mason bee - sting is more like a mosquito bite.
