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I mentioned in a child but I wanted to point out there are different species of bees. Solitary bees are growing in popularity and offer more effective pollination than the tradition honey bee and are non-(or less)aggressive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee#Solitary_and_communal_bees

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Is it possible to explicitly host a colony of non-stinging bees to keep away stinging varieties?

I have family members who are terrified of bees. Don’t want someone to step on a bee and get stung, etc

Yes. However, it isn't really a colony or hive. I actually had my first bee house this summer (in Texas) in hopes of pollinating my apple tree (spoiler - it worked).

I bought 40 Mason bee larva from https://masonbeesforsale.com around March and around May I found some reeds in my bee house filled with mud (meaning they had created their nest). It was a fun experiment and at no time did I feel like bees were swarming. If anything, they actually left my yard an pollinated my neighbors plants.

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