In a message dated 4/19/99 2:20:23 PM, jbmerten@swbell.net writes: << of bees. They are something that I know very little about. We have very few bees visiting the garden. Last year Bumble Bees had to do the job. The mouth and throat mites have decimated the wild bee population. Back to the garden, >> Allen what about mason bees. I bought a little book about them and would like to put one of the blocks up with the drilled holes in them and see what happens. I was watching HGTV the other day and they showed a mason bee house but there were no bees in it. Does anyone have one of these houses and what do you think about them? Kris P Z 5 IL