Wood Trays: Easy to Use for Summer Leaf Bee Raisers!

Durable, sustainable, and incredibly user-friendly!

Our wood trays are an excellent choice for those raising summer leaf bees. These trays provide a sturdy and eco-friendly environment for your bees. Crafted from precision-cut Pacific Northwest alder, these trays offer a safe and natural nesting material for bees, ensuring their well-being while providing you with a hassle-free bee-raising experience.

Their design ensures that your bees are well-protected overwinter. It makes it easy to harvest the cocoons in the spring.

Whether you’re a seasoned bee enthusiast or just starting out, wood trays offer a practical and efficient solution for your summer leaf bees!

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Specifications:

• Nesting Hole Diameter: 6mm (preferred size for alfalfa leafcutter bees)
• 78-Hole Count Tray: 3.25” H x 5.75” W x 6” D | Fits Cabin, Chalet, Villa, and Townhouse Bee Houses.
• 156-Hole Count Tray: 7" H x 5.75" W x 6" D | Fits Tower Houses
• Note: For DIY Bee Houses, ensure the roof is a minimum of 3” longer than wood tray dimensions.

Product Features:

• Insulation and Moisture Control: Our wood material offers excellent insulation and moisture control, protecting leafcutter bee cocoons from extreme temperatures and mold caused by excess moisture.
• Natural Nesting Scents: The porous nature of wood captures and retains natural nesting scents, helping to attract the next season's bees.
• Cost-Effective: Reusable wood trays reduce year-to-year costs.
• Visual Guidance: The front of the trays is lightly burned to create a visual pattern that helps female leafcutter bees locate their nests and removes splinters that can harm bee wings.
• Pest Protection: Side notches lock into neighboring trays, maintaining alignment and blocking pests from entering the nest from the side. Additionally, all wood trays come with removable cardboard backing and pest-blocker fabric to prevent pests and parasites from entering the nest from the back.

Choose our premium wood trays for a sustainable and practical solution to raising annual leafcutter bees!

Options:

• Clean Bee™ Solution: Clean Bee is a safer alternative to bleach for targeting mold, chalkbrood (a fungal spore), and other surface diseases
• Cocoon Comb: Our Cocoon Comb makes harvesting cocoons within wood trays effortless. You'll be able to harvest from multiple nesting holes with each pass.
• Bee Wayfinders: Bee Wayfinders are "signposts" that add additional visual hints to help females locate their nesting cavities quickly.