Wildlife World Solitary Bee Hive

Help save the bees with this attractive and functional garden habitat. The Wildlife World Interactive Mason Bee House is designed to attract mason bees to your garden. Always a friend to the gardener, attracting solitary bees to the garden is not only safe but beneficial to the pollination of flowers, fruit, and vegetables. The bees are naturally attracted to holes in wood and the Wildlife World Interactive Mason Bee House provides a habitat that has become harder to find in modern gardens.

TRIED AND TESTED DESIGN: A solitary beehive made even better! Attract bees AND see inside and easily open for inspection.

MADE TO ATTRACT NON-SWARMING BEES: The hole sizes of this habitat are precisely specified to attract non-swarming bees like the Red Mason Bee, Leafcutter Bee, and other solitary bees.

SAFE FOR KIDS & PETS: These are friendly bees that are industrious and safe around children and pets.

PERFECT FOR GARDENS: These bees work hard as pollinators to increase productivity in your garden.

GREAT FOR EDUCATION: The beehive trays can be carefully separated to view the formation of small cells where the eggs are laid, or indeed where predators have been active. See the cells where bees lay their eggs and larvae develops.

NATURAL & BENEFICIAL: Make way in the garden for this excellent conversation and décor piece. The bee hotel not only looks fantastic, but will help your flowers and plants reach their full potential.

FULL KIT: This set is ideal for beginners and includes everything you need to get started.

The resources for caring for these bees are easy to provide. You will enjoy being a part of and seeing the bee ecosystem thrive in your back garden. As efficient pollinators, these bees also make great neighbours! This house makes it easy to safely attract and create a habitat for solitary bees.

Bee Education and Information

HOW TO IDENTIFY CAVITY NESTING BEES

What types of bees are nesting in your bee house? A simple way to promote conservation and future management of beneficial bee populations is through the use of observation. Female bees of these species will fill a tube or chamber with material and then seal the end. Learn what bees are nesting by noting what colour the bees are and what material is used to partition the cells:

• Mason Bees (metallic, solid black, and other colours) have a cell partition material of mud and chewed plant material.
• Resin Bees (striped) have a cell partition material of plant resins, sand, and pebbles.
• Leafcutter Bees (striped) have a cell partition material of cut or chewed leaf sections.
• Carder Bees (black and yellow, or black and white) have a cell partition material of compacted fibres, hair, resin, and sand.
• Carpenter Bees (various colours) have a cell partition material of compacted sawdust.
• Masked Bees (various colours) have a cell partition material of a plastic-like membrane.

HOW TO USE

• Site in a sunny position facing between south to southeast to catch some morning sun, which bees love.
• Mount between ground level and 5-feet high. Can be set on the ground, in trees, or on a surface.
• TIPS: Protect full bee tubes with mesh to prevent predation by woodpeckers. Protect and shield from wind. Clean in the late autumn or winter after bee activity has ceased.

ABOUT WILDLIFE WORLD

Based in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, Wildlife World is the UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of wildlife-friendly products for the garden. Our efforts to produce innovative and valuable nesting habitats and feeders for birds, mammals, amphibians, and insects are benefiting wildlife all over the world. And our commitment to original product features has gained us an enviable reputation as leaders in design and manufacturing.

By buying Wildlife World products you are helping us to support a huge range of environmental and wildlife projects. These include the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust, British Hedgehog Preservation Society, Hedgehog Rescue Centres, Wotton Animal Rescue, Oak & Furrows, Epping Forest Hedgehog Rescue, International Bee Research Association, RNLI Royal National Institute for Lifeboats, The Centre for Alternative Technology, and other Wildlife Rescue Centres. As well as supporting and off-setting with Climate Care.