LCBee ™
Natural Organic Fertilizer

The leafcutter is a hard-working bee that are the best pollinators for alfalfa seed. For over 35 years, our family has provided a service to farmers by cleaning their wood leafcutter bee board. These bees build their nest by first lining a tunnel with tender, new growth alfalfa leaves. Then beginning at the back of the tunnel they deposit pollen and nectar. They then lay an egg, seal it in with petals and more leaves. They continue this process until the tunnel is full. Over the winter and spring they develop into a mature bee. As the bees hatch, they eat their way out of these holes. They get right to work pollinating the alfalfa seed. The farmers provide clean boards for them usually in a three year cycle and bring the used ones to us for cleaning.  We bake these boards in a large, low temperate convection oven to dehydrate the contents for extracting. This nesting is what we call LCBee™.

Each ingredient that the bee includes while building their nests provides huge benefits to your soil and plants. By using LCBee™ in your garden you build your soil by feeding the microbiome, providing needed nutrients and adding organic matter for drought resistance.. and the list goes on! Alfalfa, (especially the new leaves, stimulate growth) Pollen (provides protein and minerals) Nectar (beneficial microorganisms) Larvae cocoons (contains chitin which increases nitrogen availability and creates an immune response in plants making them grow bigger and stonger, and more resistant to pests disease and drought.)

With LCBee™, what comes out of these boards is what goes into our bags. Nothing else is added.

The bees love the cleaned boards, as they smell like home. It provides them a clean, sterile environment for their next life cycle.