Biholk yellow beehive

The solitary bee is a very useful insect to have in the garden. In the category of bees, the common honey bee is the best known. However, there are many more types of solitary bees. These are completely self-sufficient and look for a suitable nesting place for offspring. Solitary bees will never sting because they do not have to defend a colony or honey supply. That is why it is interesting to attract solitary bees to the garden to pollinate the flowers there. By placing or hanging this educational solitary beehive in your garden, you give them an ideal place to hibernate or to nest. When the nest box has been found, the female goes in search of pollen that she brings into one of the holes where she wants to make the nest. She then lays an egg with the pollen and then seals the hole with a mixture of mud and saliva. This creates a chamber in which the egg can grow into a larva, which feeds on the pollen and then pupates into an adult bee. A number of these chambers are built per hole. In this way, the pupae hibernate safely and in the spring, the pupated bees bite their way out. The bees that are born in this nest box also often return to this box to place their eggs in it themselves and so the cycle starts again and you can count on good pollination of your flowers and plants from early spring. Due to the use of insecticides, the population of solitary bees has decreased drastically in recent years. They are naturally attracted to cracks and holes in wood, but due to the construction of more modern gardens and more intensive agriculture, they are becoming increasingly difficult to find and they will gratefully make use of this beehive. Weight: 1 kg Quality: Weatherproof solid wood and bamboo canes Dimensions: 160 x 160 x 216 mm Assembly: Including mounting block and screws