Solitary Bee House with a Release Lid

Full Description

This Solitary Bee House have been designed to as attractive as possible to Solitary Bees to encourage them to nest in your garden PLUS under the hinged lid is a protected area where bee cocoons (that you have collected the previous year or bought from us) can be placed ready for hatching. Made exclusively for Green Gardener, this wall mountable, wooden Solitary Bee House is made locally in the UK from sustainable FSC timber and is fitted with approx 80 cardboard nesting tubes. By lifting the lid, last years / purchased bee cocoons can be “tipped in” ready to emerge from the hole in the front once temperatures are warm enough. These solitary bees then return to lay their eggs inside the tubes and seal them with mud or chewed up vegetation, so it is easy to tell if it is being used. The following year the adults AND their offspring will use the same nest again building up the numbers of solitary bees visiting your garden each year.  Height 25cm/ width x 17cm, depth x 19cm.

• Site in a sunny position facing between south and south east to catch some morning sun. Mounting height between ground level and 1.5m.
• No chemical treatments needed as the habitat is made from durable timber.
• Stacking trays may be inspected after bee activity has ceased i.e. in the Autumn/Winter.

Special Offer – Buy Solitary Bee Cocoons at the same time ready for releasing and save £5.00 off the combined price – discount applied in the shopping basket.

Use Solitary Bee Cocoons to boost the number of solitary bees in your garden.  These UK bred solitary bees are supplied as cocoons and can either be added to the release chamber in the top of our Solitary Bee Houses or buy them “loose” with a cardboard release box. Each cocoon contains a Red Mason Bee that is normally active in the garden from March to July pollinating top fruit and soft fruit. These cocoons have been bred for us in the UK and refrigerated to keep them in top condition over the winter. Available between the end of Feb and May (dependent on stock – order early to avoid disappointment), once they arrive they will hatch within 2-3 weeks once the weather is warm enough – they need a daytime temp of 13c. Ideally release them next to a bee house to encourage them to nest again in your garden. Available as :-

• Loose with a release box – Supplied in a cardboard release box, simply push out the pre-cut holes and position the box in a sheltered place (it is NOT weatherproof and will need protection from the rain) next to where you want them to nest.
• Add them to a Solitary Bee House – Featuring cardboard nesting tubes, our Solitary Bee Houses are designed to attract solitary bees but more importantly, some of them have release chambers in their roofs, so you can easily allow your cocoons to hatch / emerge.