Year 1

Spring:

• • Life cycle, adaptations, and nesting season of mason bees.

  • Raise mason bees.

  • Reflect on students' experience, the mason bee life cycle, and their importance. 

Year 2 and Beyond

Winter:

• • Investigate the mason bee nests/cocoons students raised last spring. 

Spring:

• • Ongoing concepts and topics related to mason bees. Examples include: 

    • How humans mimic mason bees in our lives.

    • Solitary versus colony bees.

    • How plant design attracts mason bees. 

  • Raise mason bees.

  • Reflect on students' experience and our interconnection with mason bees.