Or “bee hotels” as they’re marketed by B&M etc

I won’t bore you with all of my solitary bee facts, but there are over 250 different species of solitary bee in the UK alone and they are amazing pollinators.

Here’s a link of you want to know more 🐝

https://growwild.kew.org/championing-nature/pollinators/solitary-bees





by AnneIie5e

14 comments

  1. They don’t look very solitary /s

    Nice one, great to see!

  2. You’ve just reminded me again that I keep meaning to buy one of these

  3. Ooh I’m envious, they weren’t interested in mine. I think it’s a bit too damp here.

  4. Mine’s the same at the moment. Really, really busy. Lovely to see.

  5. I love watching them scrap. Like one bee will find a nice hole and another will be like “fucking move Sharon”

  6. You volenteringly invited bees to ur home? Thats my nightmare aha i hate bees and wasps allways hunt me down!

  8. Great to see, we have to look after our busy buddies.

    I can’t help but be reminded of the bachelor apartments Millhouse’s Dad moved to after the divorce 😂

  9. Are you able to re use them every year? I heard something about them getting mouldy and spreading disease between bees, same for bird tables

  10. I’m so jealous! Mine’s been out 18 months and not a single guest has taken up residence. It’s on a nice warm wall, but partially hidden by a small hydrangea in the summer, maybe i need to lift it a bit higher up.

  12. Thank you for sharing! I was thinking of getting one for my mum, and now I feel convinced!

  13. This is amazing. Solitary bees are something I didn’t even know about as I just thought all bees returned to a hive of some sort and had a queen.

    Do solitary bees make honey? Do they have a hierarchical system like hive bees? Can they distinguish the difference between themselves? I have many questions lol.

  14. Cool! Did you follow an instructable or something?

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