Native Bee Cabin, Bee Hotel, Mason Bees, Leafcutter bees, Handmade, Replaceable Insert Nesting Sites

Name: Native Bee Cabin, Bee Hotel, Mason Bees, Leafcutter bees, Handmade, Replaceable Insert Nesting Sites
Brand: Sprigglys
SKU: 1093414776
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (51 reviews)

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Materials: heat treated pine, yellow paint, natural tung oil, natural reeds

Saving the bees does not mean save the honey bees! It means saving native bees like mason bees and leafcutter bees through habitat restoration. Planting native plants and leaving standing dead trees is essential, and for many homeowners, a manmade native bee nesting site is an attractive and beneficial solution for the environment and your garden! Spriggly's Native Bee Cabins are low-maintenance and recreate nesting sites for 30% of bee species*, which are tunnels made in dead wood by beetles and other boring insects.

Place cabins almost anywhere in your garden (retaining wall, deck, plant stand, stump, etc) and watch wood-nesting native bees move right in.

Each bee cabin provides shelter from the elements and predators. In addition, our bee houses provide multiple "homes" for solitary bees in a "neighborhood". The female bee selects a "home" and collects a ball of pollen and nectar that she will place inside the tunnel and lay an egg upon. She then seals off this egg and continues the process until she fills the tunnel. Our tunnels are designed to promote the proper ratio of female eggs to male eggs.'

The goal of our cabins is to recreate habitat for some of the native bees already in your area to help to overall ecosystem, opposed to "keeping bees" or "raising bees". We also suggest providing plantings for pollinators and making sure a water source is nearby.

The cabins are made of solid sustainably sourced wood. The outside of each cabin is printed with a yellow bee and receives a coating of all-natural tung oil, which offers a waterproofing protection that will last for up to 10 years. The nesting inserts should be replaced every few years to keep down on pests, diseases, mold, and fungi, which can build up in natural wood. We sell inserts and also can send along a guide that teaches you how to make them yourselves.

*These cabins will not and cannot attract carpenter bees which require very different nesting environments and must be able to bore their own holes.

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