IRON HOUSE MASON BEE PROJECT

So Many Creative Bee Homes For Our Mason Bees

We should start seeing our Mason Bee Project at Iron House come to fruition soon. Our lovely little native bees, the Mason Bee, play a very important role in the balance of nature in Oregon. We love these little babies, so nondescript that they may go unnoticed by many people, or mistaken for something other than a bee. 

Iron House,along with our residents built an assortment of Mason Bee Houses, now we wait... to see if they liked their new homes enough to take up residence. The key is to attach them to a place at least three feet from the ground , and face the openings toward the east.
I believe we will find that these little bee beauties love us as much as we love them....
 For the love of bees....Holly

Buy your bees at the Backyard Bird Shop in Lake Oswego.

 @Backyard Bird Shop
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Origins Oregon

Origins Oregon

Oh, you bearers of soft summer music,
humming between pots of pollen,
gathered in baskets
then carted to and fro.

Beware not those who do not understand
your simple job.
They hide without seeing your
gold dusted body.

Please! Do continue!
Amaze us with brilliant travel.
Defy the laws that keep us on the ground.
Continue to make the music
to endless golden days.

Finding Portland

Trees in Our Neighborhood

Iron House Apartments 

The beauty of trees...Just before the stars say goodnight and morning breaks… when the world is silent for just a brief moment if you still your heart and look and listen, your ears will hear the ancient song of these great and glorious trees.   If you are feeling anxious, sad, drained, or tense, then try hugging a tree.
Remember to thank the tree because, by hugging your tree, you are drinking from the well of natural energy cultivated by the tree’s many years on this earth.