Great news for mason bee stewards! 🐝 We now offer mason bee tubes in our shop—choose from cardboard tubes, paper inserts, or both to help keep your bee houses clean and ready for the season.
Check them out in our shop:
👉 vancouverbeeproject.org/store
We had a great time at the recent Planting with Purpose event at Good Year Farms! 🌼🐝 It was inspiring to connect with STEM teachers from across the region and share ideas on how native plants and pollinators can be integrated into classroom learning and outdoor education.
What an incredible partnership with Friends of Trees in 2025 and 2026. Together we planted trees and planted or distributed hundreds of native pollinator plants across our community.
🐝 Volunteer at the 2026 Pollinator Festival! 🌼
Volunteer sign-ups are now open for this year’s Pollinator Festival!
Sign up to volunteer today:
pollinatorfestival.org/get-involved
🐝 What a great time last weekend at Wild Birds Unlimited! Thank you to everyone who came out to learn about mason bees and native pollinators — and a huge thank you to Wild Birds Unlimited for hosting us and welcoming the community.
🐝 Join us for an Introduction to Spring Mason Bees & Other Pollinators!
Saturday, March 21
10:00 AM
Hilton Vancouver
Attendees will have a chance to enter a drawing to win a free bee house with bees! Don’t miss this fun and educational opportunity to get ready for the spring pollinator season.
🐝 Join us tomorrow at 1 PM at the new Wild Birds Unlimited store in Salmon Creek to learn all about spring mason bees! Come discover how these amazing native pollinators work, get tips for supporting them at home, and check out the beautiful new store during their Grand Opening Weekend.
🌼🐝 Vendor Applications Are OPEN for the 2026 Pollinator Festival!
👉 Apply now: pollinatorfestival.org/get-involved
We had such a great time this weekend at our workshop with Ashley at the Vancouver Public Works Water Resources Education Center! 🌿
New blog alert:
👉 vancouverbeeproject.org/blog/neonico...
It’s almost mason bee season and we’re getting excited! In Clark County, we usually recommend putting your mason bee cocoons out around mid-March, but timing depends on weather and bloom conditions. Keep an eye on our newsletter and social media — we’ll let you know when it’s the right time locally.
🐦 New blog alert! The Great Backyard Bird Count is one of the easiest and most accessible ways to participate in citizen science — and it’s happening February 13–16.
vancouverbeeproject.org/blog/the-gre...
Clark CD's Native Plant Sale pick-up day is coming up soon, and they need your help to make it a success! They are looking for enthusiastic volunteers.
Sign up today: L.clarkcd.org/2026plantsalevolunteer
Check out our newest blog to learn how to prune native shrubs and trees while supporting biodiversity and building resilient landscapes:
vancouverbeeproject.org/blog/pruning...
What a fantastic turnout for our very first Pollinators & Pints! 🍻🐝 Thank you to everyone who came out for thoughtful
Missed it? Don’t worry — check out the recap blog here and catch up on what we discussed:
vancouverbeeproject.org/blog/pollina...
It was so great to see everyone come out to the Hockinson Seed Swap a few weeks ago! 🌱 Huge thanks to these amazing volunteers who helped make the day welcoming, organized, and fun. Community-powered events like this are what it’s all about.
🐝 Join us to talk spring mason bees!
On Sunday, February 22 at 1 PM, the Vancouver Bee Project will be at Wild Birds Unlimited to chat all about mason bees and getting ready for spring.
We were so excited to continue our partnership with Friends of Trees again this year! 🌱
Despite a cold morning last weekend, an amazing group of volunteers showed up in SE Vancouver ready to get to work.
We’re incredibly thankful for the support of the Firstenburg Foundation! 💛
Their generosity helps us bring impactful, science-based programming to Vancouver and throughout Clark County.
We recently spent an entire day at Ridgefield High School teaching students all about mason bees! 🐝
From life cycles and nesting habits to why these native bees matter for healthy ecosystems, it was great to see students engaged, curious, and asking thoughtful questions.
We’re excited to host our very first Pollinators & Pints this Thursday, January 29, starting at 5:30 PM at Gray’s Restaurant!
This is a casual, social get-together focused on building community and connecting with others who care about pollinators, native plants, and healthy landscapes.
We’re incredibly thankful for the support of Urban Abundance!
Their partnership and support are vital to making the Pollinator Festival possible and ensuring it remains a welcoming, educational, and impactful community event. Thank you, Urban Abundance!
2025 was a great year for the Vancouver Bee Project—and we couldn’t have done it without you.
Because of your support, Vancouver officially became a Bee City, strengthening our city’s commitment to protecting pollinators and expanding native habitat.
We love these two people! Brandi and Hailey have played a huge role in helping our organization grow and thrive over the past few years. Their support, dedication, and belief in the work truly matter. Thank you both—we’re grateful to have you with us.
Warm January days can be tricky for mason bees. We’ve started getting reports of male mason bees emerging early, and it’s simply too soon. Early emergence puts bees at risk. If possible, harvest cocoons and store them in the refrigerator until March, when blooms begin.
We want to send a huge thank-you to the City of Vancouver for all your support in 2025! Together, we helped make Vancouver a Bee City USA and delivered a regionally unique Pollinator Festival that brought our community together to celebrate pollinators, native plants, and habitat. S
Show your pollinators some love this Valentine’s season! 💛 Join us for the Love Your Mason Bees Volunteer Workshop at the Water Resources Education Center.
👉 RSVP required: www.cityofvancouver.us/events/love-...
We’re so happy to partner with Clark Conservation District year after year to bring you our Native Plant & Seed Library! 🌱 Thank you, Clark Conservation District, for your commitment to native plants, pollinators, and a healthier local landscape!
We had a great time helping plant and restore the Clark College meadows! 🌱 It was inspiring to work together to support pollinators, native plants, and campus biodiversity.
We’re so thankful for all our incredible partners who helped make the 2025 Vancouver Pollinator Festival a success! Today we want to give a huge thank-you to Clark Public Utilities for your support this year and for the outstanding pollinator habitat you help provide across our community.
