How to make a wild bee house


18.07.2008

HB0806 wood

Finishing touch


4. Use screw eyes drilled into the wood at the back so the house can be easily hooked onto a fence.

Watch out for birds like woodpeckers who will try to get the bees' eggs out. Covering the bee house with wire netting or taking it to a sheltered place for winter - but it must be a cold place - will help. Put it back out in its sunny spot on 1 April when the following year's pollinators will start to emerge.

Tip
Bumble bees usually ignore nesting boxes, but heaps of dry grass or piles of dry wood will help them along. 

 
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