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Before you do: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-problem-with-honey-bees/
I keep several wild.bee "hotels" on my property too.
Thank you for the link. I hadn't considered the impact honey bees would have on native pollinators. I guess I always thought of honey bees, when people referred to bees in general. Thanks to a little additional digging I found out my state agriculture dept has an official Apiarist. I'm going to go over their website this weekend when I have more time