Green Gardener Bumblebee Box

(5 customer reviews)

£94.00

This Green Gardener Bumblebee Box contains a LIVE colony of NATIVE BRITISH Bobus Terrestris Audax Bumblebees.  Bumblebees are very effective pollinators of fruit, vegetables, flowers and herbs, so positioning a LIVE colony in your garden will boost their numbers, ensuring good pollination of your plants. Each Bumblebee box contains an established colony containing a queen and workers and a supply of nectar to sustain them while they get established. These Bumblebee Boxes are NOT weatherproof, so they need to be undercover i.e. in a shed / greenhouse or place inside one of our specially designed wooden houses. Delivered by courier (see courier restrictions below), please allow 7-10 days for delivery as the bees are ordered in fresh each week. Normally positioned OUTDOORS between April and September. N.B. Pre-order for dispatch w/c 08/04 – if this date is not convenient, please email us an alternative date and we will organise it.

N.B. If you have a Beepol Villa, these boxes will NOT fit inside (they are a different shape), so please call 01394 420922 for details of the Beepol Refills. 

Full Description

Bumblebees are widely used in commercial horticulture to pollinate crops and now you too can release native buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris audax) in YOUR garden with the Green Gardener Bumble Bee BoxBumble Bee Boxes are NOT weatherproof, so they need to be placed under cover i.e. in a greenhouse with the door / vents open OR they can be placed inside one of our wooden shelters, which has been specially designed to house it. Bumble Bees are available between April and September. N.B. Pre-order for dispatch w/c 08/04 – if this date is not convenient, please email us an alternative date and we will organise it.

Bumblebees are one of the most important pollinators in the garden, pollinating fruit, vegetables, flowers and herbs, but their numbers are decreasing. This recent decline in bumblebee numbers has been widely reported, so why not position a LIVE colony of bumblebees in your garden to boost their numbers and ensure pollination of YOUR plants. Bumblebees are responsible for pollinating lots of plants in your garden including runner beans, broad beans, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries, sunflowers, cherries, pears, plums, apples, peaches, courgettes, marrows, pumpkins, gourds, aubergines, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and strawberries. It is better to release bumblebees to increase pollination because bumblebees visit more flowers, carry heavier loads and are active at lower temperatures than honeybees. Bumblebees also use “buzz pollination”, which helps pollinate a wider variety of plants.

The Green Gardener Bumble Bee Box contains NATIVE live bumble bees that are delivered straight to your door in a maintenance free hive that contains a queen and workers ready for release in YOUR garden. The box also contains a supply of nectar to sustain them in the short term while they get established. These Bumble Bee Boxes are NOT weatherproof and needs to be placed under cover i.e. in a greenhouse with the door / vents open OR place it inside one of our specially designed Wooden Bumblebee Shelters. Once in position, the Bumble Bee Box can survive for between 8-12 weeks during which time the population increases to many times its original size. They can be observed going about their work, as they bring pollen back to the hive through the louvered top. The Bumblebees are released through an easy to use trap door on the front, which is very safe to use PLUS it can also be used to hold bees in the hive needs to be moved i.e. if you want to move it from a greenhouse out into the garden. After 8-12 weeks the queen bee dies, but before she does, she produces young queens that will leave the hive to hibernate before establishing fresh new colonies in the local area. The whole process can then be repeated with a fresh hive. Bumble Bees are available between March and September.  L-30cm, H-20cm, W-24cm. 

N.B. Delivery to mainland UK is included, but due to courier restrictions, we may have to charge extra to deliver to the following postcodes – AB13 – 14, AB30 – 56,DD8 – 11, G83 & 84, IV, HS, KA27 – 28, KW, PA20 – 50, PA60 – 80, PH17 – 26, PH30 – 44, PH49 – 50, ZE, GY, IM, JE,TR21 – 25, PO30 – 41. All HS, BT and ZE postcodes. For delivery to these postcodes, please email jon@greengardener.co.uk and we will get an up to date price.

Reviews

  1. Jenny (verified owner)

    Ordered some bumble bees, delivered quickly and safely thank you, now buzzing happily round our garden

  2. Claire Fuzipeg

    These were lovely to have in the garden. They pollinated all the fruit trees and bushes before they swarmed a couple of months later. Getting another this year, as we have the outer box already.

  3. Carolyn

    I did this last year. Absolutely fabulous. The bees arrived safe and well packaged. I bought the deluxe house for them too. All, perfect. I loved watching them oriente themselves once set up. I will be doing it again this year and I can’t wait!

  4. thomas (verified owner)

    our bees arrived in good condition, only one didnt survive journey….we have the box in the shade part of garden which get a little morning sun…we can see some go in and out….low maintenance pets….we put their favourite plants and flowers around the box, we made a nice wooden box to cover the original box….we hope our colony grows a lot so we can see more of the bees….they dont bother anyone….lovely little friends…

  5. thomas (verified owner)

    very happy with our bees.

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