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Be inspired to create your own Bee & Bug House, by these great examples. Creating 'Mini Habitat Homes' for Bees, Bugs & Insects is crucial to their survival.

 

     

I recently found, discovered or was sent the above photos. They are just such extravagant examples of 'Bug Houses' at their grandest. They have also inspired me to create my own ‘Bee & Bug Tower’, which I’ll feature later on this week.

One of the easiest things one can do to help Bees, Bugs and other Insects to thrive is to create an environment that they will want to visit, whether you have a garden an allotment patch or bigger: Plants are crucial to their survival. See some fabulous Bee friendly plants here: http://tinyurl.com/n8o286

Once you have managed to attract them to your garden, they will need somewhere to live. You can encourage them to stay be creating ‘mini habitat homes’ using various plant materials, recycled pots, wooden creates, blocks of wood, logs, stem from plants you have pruned, old bamboos, etc…

Of course, they don’t have to be on this scale to still attract all types of bee, bug or insect.

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Comments (5)

Sep 07, 2009
WildSurvival said...
Fantastic idea. This time of year it is time to tidy the garden, so instead of throwing all on the compost I will sort out what is needed to create a habitat for bees in the garden (back yard). I have just been reading about what plants attract bees so am planning to remodel the garden to include a host of bee loving plants.
Sep 07, 2009
Help Save Bees' said...
Exactly. There is still just time to attract lots of solitary bees, you'll still be able to attract loads of other bugs & insects to the 'Bug Home'. I love the idea of using all the prunings, off cuts, odd & ends that often just get thrown away.

Glad to here your interest in 'Bee Friendly Planting' You're in the US so you'll need different plants to here. Have a lok at this great 'Zone Planting for Pollinators' site: http://www.xerces.org/plant-lists/

Sep 07, 2009
dusty gedge said...
we have built a few of these on roofs too. I should be doing a blog on them soon.
Sep 08, 2009
Paul Bee said...
Great photos - I look forward to seeing the 'Bug Home' (or Castle) that you construct in a future post/tweet. The first link to Bee friendly plants you posted was also very useful. Funnily enough one of the plants mentioned Dipsacus Teasel (5th row down) is a plant whose dried hollow stems has provide a perfect habitat for my mason bees - just the right internal diameter.
Sep 27, 2009
EcoAngel said...
These are brills and a great way to recycle while helping the bugs/bees!

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