Solitary bees

There are many types of bees that help pollinate our food crops. There are so-called solitary bees. A solitary bee, just a female bee makes a little nest on her own and fills it with pollen and lays, some eggs. No workers, no queens or anything like that. And some of these solitary bees like to nest in horizontal holes. Naturally, they might nest in a clay bank or in a hole made in a dead tree by borrowing beetles. And those kind of habitats are in short supply these days in the modern tidy world. But we can build a so-called bee hotel for them. Just getting a block of wood and drill a bunch of holes in it. Roughly eight millimeter diameter or get some bamboo canes and chop them up and bundle them together, stick them on the side facing a wall or fence. And you've got a big hotel. With a bit of luck you'll get Mason bees and leafcutter bees and yellowface bees and a whole bunch of others. And it's really fascinating to watch. Great way to engage kids. So Dave says if you put it in the right plants and you are not quite so strict about weeds in the yard and mowing the yard, and if you try not to use pesticides and if you buy or build bee shelters or hotels… Be patient and you could have.. your own Little bee paradise outside your back door. And helping our bees could make you feel nice and swarm inside.