Our "bee hotel" after three years, is now occupied by a wide range of bee/wasp pollinators. I think the hyacinth vine cover did it.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.There are numerous websites devoted to building bee hotels.
The basics for a successful one are listed on most of these.
Summary = proper hole sizes and depth. Type of wood. Location for sun and rain protection.
bigpawbullets
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Aug 11, 2020
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Great work, thanks for taking care of the buzzers!
tinkercreek
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Aug 10, 2020
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That is so cool! Where did you get the 'bee hotel'? I might need to add one to the pollinator garden I am planning
Heidi68
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Aug 9, 2020
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I made it out of scrap lumber and old cedar fence posts.
@bigpawbullets So it is open on the side we can see with the cedar randomly stacked & holes drilled in them?
@Heidi68
Ill post the web site for this later......
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