Professional care and overwintering of your mason bees
Every autumn, our proven wild bee care ensures that your mason bees are professionally freed from parasites and properly overwintered. This is the most important basis for Switzerland to continue buzzing. As part of the care, we automatically deposit a voucher in your MyBeeHome account in spring, with which you can order your tube with mason bee cocoons free of charge directly to your home.
Design your care individually (Optional)
In addition to normal care, you can upgrade your BeeHome this year according to your wishes with our popular additional services.
⚠️ Please note: Since we carry out the extras carefully by hand with our social partners, the places for additional services are limited. It can therefore happen that individual extras are fully booked and can no longer be ordered during the season. It is best to plan ahead and secure your desired option directly when registering!
👉 Discover additional services
🎁 Our exclusive extra for you: No matter which additional service appeals to you: If you decide on at least one of these optional additional services when registering online, we will give you a great upgrade! We coat the front of your inner box free of charge with a thin layer of absolutely harmless oil. Valuable extra protection against moisture for your nesting sites - as a thank you completely free of charge for you!
For the well-being of your mason bees
The BeeHome allows you to experience the interplay of nature, and that includes parasites. Parasites generally fulfill important functions in natural ecosystems. However, they can pose a risk to your mason bees.
By sending in your inner box for wild bee care, you reduce the risk of a parasitic infestation decreasing your mason bee population. Next spring, you will then receive a starter population with mason bee cocoons.
In our wild bee statistics, you can see your personal propagation success as well as the average degree of parasitism in the mason bee population in Switzerland. You can download an extensive overview of parasites & other visitors to the BeeHome via this link.
This includes professional wild bee care in detail
Have you ever wondered how many mason bees you've propagated or who has moved in with you? Our autumn care takes care of all the work for you:
- All-round shipping: Postage for both outward and return journeys is included.
- Cleaning & Hibernation: Professional parasite removal and expert hibernation of your cocoons.
- Maintenance: Replacement of the removed nesting tubes.
- Spring voucher: A code for a tube with at least 30 mason bee cocoons, which you can simply redeem in your account in spring.
- Statistics: Recording of your nesting success as an evaluation.
The cost of CHF 43.00 per inner box (or CHF 39.00 with a pre-sale voucher; quantity discounts from 2 boxes) covers all expenses, including all shipping costs and the valuable work of our partners in social institutions (at least 1 hour of manual labor per box).
Would you like even more? Discover our Upgrades:
Expand your care flexibly during the registration process. Your advantage: When booking at least one extra, we will oil the front of your inner box for free as a complimentary extra!
- Wood Refreshment: Sanding & oiling your housing or inner box.
- Fresh Start: All empty tubes are completely replaced with new giant reed.
- BeeObserver Wild Bee Cinema: Side-opening module for exclusive nest insights.
- Species Plus: Integrated ash wood nesting block for even more biodiversity.
- Bee Power: Custom-fit placeholder and a second voucher for extra mason bee cocoons.
You can find more information about the additional services here.
Join us and become an important part of our wild bee adventure!
Submission of your inner box via MyBeeHome
Register on our wild bee portal MyBeeHome from the end of August to November:
- Create your account on MyBeeHome (video instructions)
- Register your BeeHome or BeeHomes - (video instructions)
- Register the inner box of your BeeHome online on MyBeeHome for wild bee care - (video instructions)
Via MyBeeHome, you can securely and conveniently pay the fee of CHF 39.00 online with just a few clicks or choose payment by invoice and conveniently print your pre-franked shipping label for sending in your box at home. You benefit from the included shipping costs and quantity discounts:
- CHF 33.- per box if you send in two inner boxes
- CHF 31.- per box if you send in three inner boxes
- CHF 29.- per box if you send in four or more inner boxes
By registering on MyBeeHome, you ensure smooth processing of your inner box. Afterwards, you can track the status of your inner box in the wild bee care process.
Select additional services directly upon registration
When you register your BeeHome on the MyBeeHome portal for wild bee care, you can simply add the new extras – individually for each BeeHome. This way, you decide how much care, refreshing, or reinforcement you want.
This includes professional wild bee care
Roby, our BeeManager, shows you in the video what wild bee care entails and what benefits it brings you.
More care. More buzzing. More joy.
You love your BeeHome – and your mason bees do too, of course.
With our new additional services, you can now add valuable extras to your care routine: for a durable, sustainable home and an even stronger start to the next wild bee season.
Wild Bee Care 2.0: In addition to professional care and overwintering of your mason bees, we now also offer a BeeHome refresh, replacement of all empty nesting tubes, or even an extra boost of mason bee power.
BeeExplorer Wild Bee Cinema – Side Hinged Module for Exclusive Nest Insights
Bring the great nature cinema right into your home! Expand your BeeHome with the BeeExplorer Wild Bee Cinema, an innovative, fold-out panorama module for fascinating insights into the world of wild bees. Exclusively available only with BeeCare at a loyalty price of CHF 95.– instead of CHF 118.–.
- 20 nesting tunnels (3-8 mm) and five panoramic windows for fascinating insights into the nest building of mason bees, summer bees, and solitary wasps.
- Thanks to a practical magnetic closure, it can be opened like a book at any time.
- Handcrafted from high-quality Swiss ash wood in social workshops.
- Maximum species diversity from spring to late summer.
Important Submission Note: Please submit your entire BeeHome (housing including inner box). We will carry out the assembly free of charge directly in our workshop.
Wood restoration – Longevity through sanding & oiling
Protect your BeeHome from wind and weather – and give it a fresh look at the same time. Our wood refurbishment restores the natural beauty of the wood and increases its resistance. We charge CHF 20.- for this additional service.
- The exterior walls are carefully sanded, oiled, and the logo is reapplied with a laser printer – for a particularly high-quality impression.
- The oil used is food-safe, saliva-proof, and absolutely harmless to humans, animals, and plants.
- The result: a lighter, fresher surface that still preserves the history of your BeeHome.
- Depending on the location, we recommend refurbishment every 2–4 years.
Note: In case of severe water damage, traces may remain visible – your BeeHome will therefore always retain its history and its very own character.
You decide what should be refurbished:
- For BeeHome Classic or Observer, you can send in your entire BeeHome (including the roof). Simply pack the entire BeeHome in any cardboard box. We will process the side walls of the casing or maintain your inner box.
- For BeeHome One, you send us the inner box without the roof, as usual.
Bee Power – additional placeholder & extra voucher for mason bee cocoons
Want to bring even more life to your garden? With BeePower, in addition to the regular starter population in spring, we equip your BeeHome with another voucher for mason bee cocoons – and insert a precisely fitting placeholder during wild bee care. For this additional service, we charge CHF 18.-.
The placeholder is specially made for your BeeHome and allows for the safe insertion and placement of additional cocoons. The second voucher is automatically stored in your MyBeeHome account – no paper, no expiry date.
This way, you can specifically strengthen your wild bee population – and welcome twice as many buzzing guests.
Artenplus – Integrated nesting block for more diversity in the BeeHome
Do you want to make your BeeHome even richer in species? With the integrated Artenplus nesting block, you can specifically create new space for smaller wild bees – those species that are often overlooked but are particularly valuable for biodiversity.
The block, made of solid ash wood, is precisely integrated into your BeeHome and complements your inner box with nesting tunnels of a smaller diameter – ideal for wild bee species that otherwise find little space. We charge CHF 20.– for this additional service.
- specifically promotes other wild bee species
- increases the ecological diversity in your BeeHome
- can be supplemented or replaced as needed
Fresh Start - Replace all empty nesting tubes
Perfect for anyone who wants to offer their mason bees the best conditions every year. We charge CHF 10.- for this additional service.
- All empty nesting tubes are replaced with new ones.
- Tubes with mason bee cocoons are emptied as usual and replaced with new tubes.
- Tubes with other wild bee species remain in the inner box.
Our tubes are made of high-quality giant reed (Arundo donax) – a renewable natural material that is ideal as a nesting site. With a diameter of 5–11 mm and a length of over 13 cm, they are perfectly tailored to the needs of mason bees and many other wild bee species. In addition, giant reed acts as a natural CO₂ reservoir, making it a sustainable choice for your BeeHome.
This is how your BeeHome starts the new season with fresh, optimally prepared nesting sites.
Cardboard exchange - Send in the old carton and receive it back in the new one
Ensure fresh, stable protection for your BeeHome on its way home. With the cardboard replacement, you'll receive your BeeHome back in a new box after servicing. We charge CHF 5.- for this additional service.
- Simply send us your inner box or your entire BeeHome in an old, preferably used shipping box.
- We will professionally dispose of your old box and replace it with a new, perfectly fitting shipping box.
- Perfect if your previous box is damaged, worn out, or has become damp.
Compare the reproduction rate of your mason bee cocoons
After your inner box has been cleared of parasites and the mason bee cocoons have been properly overwintered, you will receive your very own wild bee statistics. In the "My BeeHome" section, you can view your personal breeding success over the years.
The coolest thing is that you can compare your analysis with other wild bee fans from your town, your canton, or even the whole of Switzerland! A map also visually shows where the mason bees are buzzing the most: The greener the area, the larger the number of propagated cocoons.