u/brandontw85

Long story short, the spring got away from me, and I didn't get my mason bee project done in the right timeframe. I stubbornly plowed ahead anyway, so now I have an empty mason bee house installed in the garden, and 40 cocoons showing up by FedEx tonight from crownbees.

Should i just put them all in the fridge till next spring, or should I put them out and let them do their thing still this year?

I could also do half and half... store some and put out the rest?

Thoughts? I am in Reno, NV, Zone 7B. Looks like I am roughly one month late. Typical advice is to put out cocoons in late march/early April. We had several freezes in March this year. Fruit trees have already flowered (for better or worse) but I have plenty of other flowers around.