BOTHELL, Wash. — Fall brings autumn leaves, pumpkin patches, and the annual cleaning of bee cocoons? At least that’s the case at Rent Mason Bees in Bothell. The Snohomish County company is the ...

BOTHELL, Wash., Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bothell based company, Rent Mason Bees, and gardeners across the country are helping to protect and care for pollinators. For one week in October, Rent ...

So while gardeners can purchase solitary bees and houses, they also have to clean the cocoons, remove predators that can decimate solitary bee populations and sanitize the boxes. Renting a kit from ...

The harvest looks like nothing more than little piles of dirt. Here inside Landis Homes’ woodworking shop, they might be mistaken for sawdust. Look closer to see tiny circles of mud, a yellow ball of ...

Inside the fortressed walls at Willamette Valley Vineyards’ main property in Turner, winemakers are busy fermenting grapes; hospitality staff are preparing tasting rooms and pouring wine; facilities ...

Honeybees, which are tasked with pollinating many of the agricultural crops in the United States, are dying off in record numbers. Commercial beekeepers are reporting losses this year ranging between ...

BOTHELL, Wash. — Jim Watts calls himself a farmer, but he doesn’t raise livestock or crops. Watts is a bee farmer. Across the West, growers are turning to a tiny, overlooked insect to pollinate crops: ...

Rent Mason Bees provides the house, nesting block and cocoons ready to pollinate a garden for the season. “Without a hive or a queen to protect, they are non-aggressive, low-maintenance and are known ...