Happy Valentine’s Day, if you’re into that kind of thing.

As my three faithful readers may know, I am obsessed with mason bees (Osmia lignaria).  Honey bees and bumble bees are also quite awesome, but the mason bee I find particularly interesting because:

It’s native.  Whoo-hoo!  There’s something native to somewhere still!
They don’t sting.  I don’t know, [...]