- This fabulous bumble bee bungalow is a great home for nesting bumble bees.
- It is made with 100% FSC certified pinewood and has a zinc roof.
- The roof can be opened and has a latch to keep it shut.
- There is a single hole on the front of the box for the bee to enter and two chambers inside.
- Small ventilation holes can be found on the end of the box.
- Measures: (H) 15.5 x (W) 29 x (D) 17 cm
- Ensure that there are plenty of pollinating flowers and plants in your garden to provide a supply of food.
- Add some nesting material to the box (not supplied)
Suitable nesting materials are dried moss, upholsterers wadding, horsehair stuffing out of old chairs, kapok, bedding for small rodents, old mouse/vole nests, bird nests in bird boxes. You can use just one or a combination of these. For extra insulation a fluffed-up layer of coarser material can be placed on the bottom of the box to create a dry layer. On top of this place a ball of fluffed up nest material. The size of the ball should not be so big that it touches the side of the box. Push your thumb a little way into the ball and place this depression towards the entrance so that the queen finds this as she enters.
DO NOT use synthetic fibres or cotton wool as these will just entangle the bees and kill them.
Bumble bees nest in the dark and need to be kept dry.
