Solitary Bee Cane House
£24.99
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The Solitary Bee Cane House is an attractive, wall-mountable wooden bee house that holds removable cane nesting tubes, that will attract mason / solitary bees into your garden and encourage them to return each year. The Solitary Bee Cane House is filled with canes that naturally provide a range of hole sizes that will attract a range of non-swarming bees solitary bees like the Red Mason Bee, Leafcutter Bee and other solitary bees. The Solitary Bee Cane House is made out of heavy-duty wood which has been painted with a bee friendly water based paint. Designed to attract non-swarming solitary bees like Mason Bees, Leafcutter Bees and other solitary bees, these friendly bees are safe around children and pets and almost never sting, but are effective plant pollinators. Height x 17.5cm width x 19.5cm depth x 19cm.
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The Solitary Bee Cane House is an attractive, wall-mountable wooden bee house that holds removable cane nesting tubes, that will attract mason / solitary bees into your garden and encourage them to return each year. The Solitary Bee Cane House is made out of heavy-duty wood which has been painted with a bee friendly water based paint. Designed to attract non-swarming solitary bees like Mason Bees, Leafcutter Bees and other solitary bees, these friendly bees are safe around children and pets and almost never sting, but are effective plant pollinators. Height x 17.5cm width x 19.5cm depth x 19cm.
The Solitary Bee Cane House is filled with canes that naturally provide a range of hole sizes that will attract a range of non-swarming bees solitary bees like the Red Mason Bee, Leafcutter Bee and other solitary bees. These friendly bees are safe around children and pets (they rarely sting) and are naturally attracted to holes in wood – holes which are becoming harder to find in modern gardens. The Red Mason Bee (Osmia rufa) is active in the garden from March to July and is responsible for pollinating top fruit and soft fruit. The Blue Mason Bee (Osmia caerulescens) is active in the garden from late April to late July and is an effective pollinator of summer flowers, herbs and vegetables.
Solitary bees then lay their eggs inside the holes 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. Site the solitary beehive 1-1.5 metres high, in a sheltered site which catches the morning sun and near scented plants. A mud supply is useful, but not essential. Height x 17.5cm width x 19.5cm depth x 19cm.
- Site in a sunny position facing between south south east to catch some morning sun. Mounting height between ground level and 1.5m.
- No chemical treatments needed as the habitat is painted with water based paint.
Special Offer – Add 20 x Solitary Bee Canes for £3.99 saving £3.00 off the combined price
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