Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Bee Nesting House

Summertime and the living is easy. . . .
I've bought this Bee nesting house for my partners little boy for easter instead of a boring old egg! Chocolate is so over rated in my opinion! ;)

At 20cm high and 12cm around the base this bee house is a good size for the garden. It's made from naturally weather resistant wood and has a lovely copper roof which will over time Verdigris (turn green!) which looks brilliant. It has the Royal Botanic Gardens official stamp in copper on the base.

This type of beehouse provides shelter for solitary bee types such as Mason and Leafcutter bees which are non aggressive.

The bee house is made up of around 70 tubes/hollow sticks. The female bee will use one hollow to make several cells. One will contain an egg and the others she will have stored a mixture of nectar and pollen to feed her larva once hatched!

The bee house will provide a safe, warm and dry place for the bees to live and will provide one of the most important insects known, that will...

Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Bee Nesting House

Kew Royal Botantic Gardens Bee Nesting House
This made a wonderful unusual present. Looks lovely with the tin roof. Workmanship could have been a little better, some of my bamboo bits came out but that was fixable with some glue which the person receiving didn't notice! It's a good ethical purchase as helps bees and made fair trade. Worth the money

Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Bee Nesting House

Exactly what we wanted
Bought this as a gift for my mum - excellent quality, very well made. I really like the copper roof and it's sturdy and attractive. It's the bees that will enjoy it really - but my mum loved to receive it!
Good product.

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