Mason bees are pretty popular these days. According to the marketing hype, they’re amazing. You can buy them at the local nursery, order them online, set up a bee hotel to grow more fruit and simultaneously save the bees! It was this message that years ago brought me to the world of maintaining a bee hotel, but it wasn’t long until I realized it is only a small part of a much bigger story. Virtually all the fussing about mason bees for your garden concerns just one species