Long Live Bees

The Blue Orchard and Bad River Collective have some wonderful Christmas gifts available this year. One of the most sought after is this beautiful Mason Bee condo set. It comes with full instructions, a wonderful Mason Bee book, professional house and as much support as you need. Wrapped up beautifully as a present, and advice provided in maintaining your bees, it is the perfect gift for your family member or friend. Come and talk to us about Mason Bees and what they can do fo...r your garden. Chemainus Public Market Open every day 10-5 #shoplocal #chemainuspublicmarket #masonbees

SAVE THE BEES! To learn how you can save the bee in your back yard AND increase the number of flowers and fruit your plants produce, read this book.

Everything you need to know about the wonderful mason bee available in our engaging book. Learn how to make a mason bee house and why your help is important. https://geni.us/masonbee

Long Live Bees are proud to introduce an informative book about the Mason Bee. it contains ideas on how to rear the bee, and ideas on making Mason Bee houses, and how to keep the bee through the year. An extremely informative book for anyone looking to raise their on Mason bees. You can see and buy it here. https://geni.us/masonbee

We are open! Bad River Collective and The Blue Orchard are pleased to have joined forces! We have a great collection of home decor, lifestyle accessories, origi...nal art and amazing pieces from local artists. Open 10-5 Tuesday to Sunday Come and check us out!

It’s March and time to chose your mason bee condo for this year! We have two designs - the Premium (54 hole) and the Executive (63 hole) with metal waterproof roof. Available with or without a kit which includes : condo : fall storage bag : wildflower embedded seed card : 25 mason bee cocoons... : full email and online support Keeping mason bees is easy and fun. They are friendly and rarely, if ever, sting. A great hobby for adults and children alike. Whether you have a garden or a window box you can keep these solitary bees in one of our handmade wooden condos, and although they don’t produce honey, they will super pollinate all yours and your neighbour’s flowers fruit and vegetables. Prices Premium condo $65 Executive condo $75 Premium condo kit $90 Executive condo kit $105 Available from The Blue Orchard, Chemainus Public Market open 10-5 every day except Monday

To my American and UK friends. If you use a pop socket on your phone then please buy one of these, some profits go to the Bee Reseach fund and we all need to help save the bee. Please help abs but yourself a new pop socket at the same time Available on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk under the name Long Live Bees Popsocket thanks you all

Love what the Cowichan Green Community are doing for our area. Look them up and visit their amazing shop in Duncan.

We now have Executive Mason bee condos on sale, featuring 63 nesting holes and an overhanging metal roof to protect against the elements. Individual exec condos are $75, kit form (includes storage bag, wildflower seeds, 25 bee cocoons and full online support all for $105 Available from The Blue Orchard, in the Chemainus Public Market, or message us for mailing options.

HUGE SALE 50% off the sticker price We have a huge sale at our store. Everything on our main table is 50% off the sticker price. There are a huge variety of items, something for everyone. When they are gone they are gone, never to be repeated. We have artist material, planners, calendars, notebooks, garden signs, mugs, handbags, headphones and so much more. Come along and support local business and save yourself money. We are at the Chemainus Public Market opposite the library on Willow street.

Full and no more seats available - Two spots have opened up for this Saturday, Oct 3 for our Mason Bee class. PM if interested, starts at 10.30am and only $15 for two hours of lesson. Learn about the little miracles that live in your garden.