Bee Nesting Box Make Your Own

Bee populations have been dwindling in recent years and building homes is just one way of encouraging them to stick around.

Bee nesting box make your own.

For our version buy a plank of timber with the fsc logo which means it comes from a sustainable source about 1 5 cm thick and cut into the shapes shown to make a box with three compartments. Siting your bee nest box. Add a queen extruder or a flat rack with holes that are large enough for the worker bees to get through but too small for the queen to keep her from laying eggs in the honey. In michigan place nest boxes outside at your chosen location and leave them until late october.

Only tube nesting solitary bees will use the kind of bee house i describe here. The mason bees. Make your bee hotel. Bees are an important sign of a healthy ecology.

Bex cartwright our making a buzz for the coast conservation officer has written this handy guide on how to create or choose a suitable bee box to make a perfect home for solitary bees in your garden. Position your nest box in full sunshine so facing south east or south. To make a honey bee box construct a large section called a deep super with 8 10 wax and wire frames that the bees will use to start making their own wax. Solitary bee houses are not bumblebee nest boxes.

Will complete nesting by mid june whereas most leafcutter bees will complete nesting in july and august. Follow the steps below to build your very own. The needs of bumblebees are very different their nests consist of communal wax combs which they construct mostly in holes underground in long tussocky grasses bird boxes under eaves or compost bins. Jason gibbs university of manitoba.

To maximise the chances of your bee nest box being occupied careful siting is important.