Make the safe choice
Beestras are only $19.95. Ames not included.
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The safe, non-plastic, all-weather, recyclable, science-based, colorful, easy-to-mount, affordable, practical native bee nursery from an Ozarks tree farm family.
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We installed this Beestra when we released new bees in the Spring. Learn more...
This what we're worried about: a parasite infested bee. Raise bees not parasites. Learn more here. Credit: Warren Photographic.
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Ames mounts a new Beestra on the side of a barn. Look below to see results...
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Here's a closeup showing the tubes inside a Beestra. The Leafcutter native bees are busy. But you can also see a tube plugged with mud. This is work by different bee, maybe a Mason bee.
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Beestras are made in the good old USA on our Ozarks farm.
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Follow Plan Bee and you can minimize the risk of parasites
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We invented the BeeFoster products and we've applied for a patent to the United States Patent & Trademark Office while reserving our rights to trademarks and other intellectual properties. It's the American way!
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Follow the bees at Rockspan Farm @beefosterco
On the left, is a Beestra that faces the wrong way with poor access to water and flowering plants. On the right is a Beestra that was mounted using best practices. The mud capped tubes hold 7-10 bees.
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To raise bees, do the right things...We put Beestras all over the farm in good places and bad. By now (August, 2020) most have bees inside, but some don't. Our preliminary conclusions are these: Face your Beestra east and in good sunlight. Place it where there are plenty of flowers nearby. Make sure there's water and mud nearby to make caps. Don't use pesticides or insecticides and ask your neighbors to do the same. If you live in an area where most of the native bees are missing or dead, you will be disappointed. Putting up a Beestra may be the best way to find out if above-ground-nesting native bees are alive and reproducing. You may never know without a Beestra in a proper setting.
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Pictures from our farm
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