Where to buy mason bee houses » Colin Purrington's blog A good bee hotel will have tunnels that are approximately 6″ (152 mm) long and have disposable or cleanable components. The latter can be achieved through the use of (1) disposable paper liners, (2) r...

If you want to buy an insect hotel that allows nesting tubes to be cleaned, here's my listing of companies that sell them. I especially like the ones with observation windows. Thanks for any corrections. #InsectHotels #BeeHotels #pollinators #bees #wasps colinpurrington.com/2019/05/wher...

Me holding a small power tool that has a 1 1/2" spinning abrasive disc attached to the tip, above a partially cut plant stem that is hollow.

For those of you setting up insect hotels right now, Dremel cut-off blades are perfect for slicing through brittle stems. #BeeHotels #InsectHotels #bees #wasps #insects

A wooden block bee hotel, with drilled holes. Most of the holes have mud caps, many broken open. A bee with a pale fluffy face and big dark eyes is sticking his head out of the break in one cap, and another bee if the same species (with visible bright orange abdomen) has his own head so close to the entrance it look like they are kissing. Heart sticker emojis and a pink caption of 'smooch?' has been arranged around them.

A wooden block bee hotel, with drilled holes. Most of the holes have mud caps, many broken open. A male Osmia cornuta bee is sitting on the front just below a mud cap with a crack in it. He has a pale face, dark thorax and orange abdomen. He has his front feet on the head of another male trying to emerge from the cracked mud cap, as if pushing him back inside. It is captioned "nope" "feet on face" and "bro why?".

Love at the bee hotel? 💞🐝

No; just over-enthusiastic males checking out the new emergence!

(I realised these are actually two different holes, but it's representative of the Absolute Scenes at the bee hotel yesterday 😆)

#beehotels #wildlifegardening

‘Bee buffets’: the pollinator pathways turning drab alleys into insect havens Corridors of nectar-rich plants encourage pollination and brighten up city streets at the same time

www.theguardian.com/environment/... #beebuffets #pollinatorpathways #bristoluk #insectlife #beehotels #wildflowers #buglife

Australia’s native bees struggled after the Black Summer fires – but a world-first solution brought them buzzing back A researcher left 1,000 artificial bee nests in a forest devastated by bushfire … and then began an anxious wait.

"The project was a success, and native bees were using the structures to lay eggs and raise young. The work shows pollinators such as bees can be aided after fires, to help bring damaged landscapes back to life."
Fantastic! 🔥🪵🏨🐝 #BeeHotels #Australia #Wildfires #Conservation #Nature #Wildlife

Male sharp tailed bee,Coelyoxys sp hanging about on my bee hotel. They are kleptoparasites of leaf cutter bees, megachile sp and hairy footed flower bees both of which use the hotel #invertebrates #kleptoparasites #uknature #beehotels #insects #oxfordwildlife #macro

Alternative #BeeHotels.

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Jewel / #ruby-tailedwasp at the garden #beehotels this afternoon

Warning pre-made bee hotels could be harming native species A bee hotel is a great way to attract native bees to your backyard, but experts say some pre-made models are unsuitable and can even harm their guests. 

Warning pre-made bee hotels could be harming native species #beekeeping #nativebees #beehotels

A fun night hearing Simon Armitage read from his new collection Dwell @faberbooks.bsky.social #poetry #dwell #beehotels

Cartoon: Wild bees. Beehotel, but no restaurant!

BZZZ!!! Spring brings pollinators back!
You can help wild solitary #bees & #wasps with #beehotels. Also rotten tree trunks & open sandy patches are good for them. But #pollinators also need food. So mowe less grass & let wild flowers bloom in the garden too, please!

Super happy for the arrival of the bee hotels for the UrbanBEE project launch! 🐝 How cute are they? Solitary bees, we’re ready for you! 🌿✨
@birdlabtorino.bsky.social
#BeeHotels #SolitaryBees #CitizenScience #UrbanEcology #UrbanBiodiversity #BiodiversityMonitoring #Turin #Italy

Did you know there are three bee hotels nestled across the Adelaide city park lands?

#Kaurnacountry #nativebees #beehotels #adelaidebiodiversity #adelaideparklands #adelaideparklandsassociation #picoftheday

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Bee Houses: Proper Set Up and Care for Mason Bees Millions of bee hotels are purchased every year, but not many people realize they require annual maintenance.

#Bee Houses: Proper Set Up and Care for #MasonBees

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