Add a Wild Bee Condo to Your Space

Texas has 800+ different species of wild bees, also called native, stingless or solitary bees. They co-evolved with native flowers to physically fit together, so they’re very effective pollinators. This partnership of thousands of years continues today in your garden of native flowering plants.  

One way our native bees differ from honeybees is that most don’t have the instinct to defend a hive, so it’s unlikely they’ll sting. Find out more about what makes wild bees different in our video Honeybees vs. Native Pollinators – Tips from a Wildlife Biologist. 

You can support our wild bees with the shelter of a bee condo, also called a bee block or house. They’re affordable and easy to find, or you can build one. It’s great fun to watch the different kinds of bees fly in and out, and you can I.D. them using iNaturalist. For more about bee condos, watch our short video The Bee Condo: Attract Non-aggressive, Solitary Bees to Help Pollination.