BizzBuzz.org

05/06/2025

Mason bees don’t defend a large communal hive, so they lack the defensive instincts of honeybees and yellow‑jackets. While they have an 'egg barb', they don't have a poisonous stinger like honey bees and Mason bees don't cause anaphylactic shock

https://youtube.com/shorts/w0-UJje5pEw?feature=share

04/15/2025

We're buzzing with excitement as we prepare to release our bees at USF for the fifth year in a row. We've come a long way since the challenges of Covid

Check out our journey:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/On-the-bright-side-Bay-Area-stories-about-the-15304391.php

06/07/2023

Buzz on the street - The Mason bees at the University of San Francisco Howard st are doing well! .org

05/15/2023

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05/15/2023

Shoutout to my favorite bee .org

05/15/2023

Our Spring release at .org

12/09/2020

UPDATE!!! Our next gen Mason bees are doing well in quarantine. We're storing our eggs in a controlled temp fridge and soon enough we'll continue the cycle, placing eggs out in March (weather permitting).

Shelter in place ordinance; effect on our bees: There’s good news for 200 rare bees that, because of the pandemic, had been forced to live inside a San Francisco refrigerator.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/On-the-bright-side-Bay-Area-stories-about-the-15304391.php?fbclid=IwAR2pGFauBiKJN8dNdYyzWpfW3CzsGwVyvShPNq8Wz-yVLtpuBGFbIBiHGfQ -1946239n

Amid the gloom of coronavirus coverage, The Chronicle takes time to gather good news, too. Today’s roundup features a bird on the mend and bees released from captivity.

05/26/2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks7wNTTGbgE

This is a mason bee, native to California

05/26/2020

Our bees are doing well on USF campus. They've been bizzy over quarantine pollinating all of the beautiful plants on campus