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- Kew Botanical Garden Bee House
- Provides perfect nesting accommodation for several species threatened by changes to their natural habitat
- Every purchase ensures a contribution towards Kew's vital work
- Produced from FSC wood with a Cooper effect metal roof
- Easy to hang
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This Bee House provides perfect nesting accommodation for several species. A female bee uses one hollow stick to make several cells, one with an egg and the others with a mixture of pollen and nectar to feed the larva once it has hatched.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Bought this as a gift for my mum - excellent quality, very well made. I really like the copper roof and it's sturdy and attractive. It's the bees that will enjoy it really - but my mum loved to receive it!
Good product.
Good product.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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I've bought this Bee nesting house for my partners little boy for easter instead of a boring old egg! Chocolate is so over rated in my opinion! ;)
At 20cm high and 12cm around the base this bee house is a good size for the garden. It's made from naturally weather resistant wood and has a lovely copper roof which will over time Verdigris (turn green!) which looks brilliant. It has the Royal Botanic Gardens official stamp in copper on the base.
This type of beehouse provides shelter for solitary bee types such as Mason and Leafcutter bees which are non aggressive.
The bee house is made up of around 70 tubes/hollow sticks. The female bee will use one hollow to make several cells. One will contain an egg and the others she will have stored a mixture of nectar and pollen to feed her larva once hatched!
The bee house will provide a safe, warm and dry place for the bees to live and will provide one of the most important insects known, that will pollinate your plants, flowers and fruit growing plants!
The best place to situate the house is between 1-3 feet upon a south facing wall with some shelter if possible so they get the sun most of the day and are protected from prevailing winds. Also provide a patch of mud nearby (underneath) as they use the mud to plug the holes up! Fascinating to watch.
Bees are attracted to mainly blue flowers. Ceanothus, also called California lilac, is a bee magnet with its bright blue tufts of pollen-rich flowers. Borage, thyme, and mints are all popular herbs that bees love! Lavender and many flowers in the Aster family, such as daisies and Coreopsis, will attract bees. True, they aren't blue, but many have special markings that show in ultraviolet light. Since bees see in the ultraviolet range, they can see these markings and go right for them more than any other!
But just growing any fragranced, showy, colourful flowers and plants will attract these amazing insects into your garden and newly aquired bee hotel!
Good luck folks. I hope this review helps a tad! :)
At 20cm high and 12cm around the base this bee house is a good size for the garden. It's made from naturally weather resistant wood and has a lovely copper roof which will over time Verdigris (turn green!) which looks brilliant. It has the Royal Botanic Gardens official stamp in copper on the base.
This type of beehouse provides shelter for solitary bee types such as Mason and Leafcutter bees which are non aggressive.
The bee house is made up of around 70 tubes/hollow sticks. The female bee will use one hollow to make several cells. One will contain an egg and the others she will have stored a mixture of nectar and pollen to feed her larva once hatched!
The bee house will provide a safe, warm and dry place for the bees to live and will provide one of the most important insects known, that will pollinate your plants, flowers and fruit growing plants!
The best place to situate the house is between 1-3 feet upon a south facing wall with some shelter if possible so they get the sun most of the day and are protected from prevailing winds. Also provide a patch of mud nearby (underneath) as they use the mud to plug the holes up! Fascinating to watch.
Bees are attracted to mainly blue flowers. Ceanothus, also called California lilac, is a bee magnet with its bright blue tufts of pollen-rich flowers. Borage, thyme, and mints are all popular herbs that bees love! Lavender and many flowers in the Aster family, such as daisies and Coreopsis, will attract bees. True, they aren't blue, but many have special markings that show in ultraviolet light. Since bees see in the ultraviolet range, they can see these markings and go right for them more than any other!
But just growing any fragranced, showy, colourful flowers and plants will attract these amazing insects into your garden and newly aquired bee hotel!
Good luck folks. I hope this review helps a tad! :)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This made a wonderful unusual present. Looks lovely with the tin roof. Workmanship could have been a little better, some of my bamboo bits came out but that was fixable with some glue which the person receiving didn't notice! It's a good ethical purchase as helps bees and made fair trade. Worth the money
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