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They are mason bees (blue orchard bees). No honey, but great pollinators. You can get some tubes sealed with eggs before spring and make a house. Very simple way is to drill 1/2 holes in a 4x4 (not pressure treated). You can line them with tubes if you want, or just let them use the wood.
https://www.parentmap.com/article/keeping-mason-bees-10-expert-tips-for-families
For tomatoes, I planted Early Girls and Beef stake. Added an Old German tomato plant today along with two varieties of sweet peppers and some walla walla sweet onions.
Learned an important lesson about mint in my herb garden. Mint spreads prolifically. Should have planted it in a container in the ground to contain it.
Very nice
And yes about the mint! I made the same mistake with some chocolate mint that I got from my exs families house. It's slowly spreading.....