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simply helps you encourage BEES into your garden

Do Bee Houses Work?

denourage hedgehogs to live in your garden then you need to provide them with somewhere they can make a home. Ideally you should leave an area of your garden ‘wild’, with piles of leaves and logs where they can create their own home. 


However, if you want to instantly provide a house for the hedgehogs then take a look at the pre-made, purpose-built hedgehog houses or ‘hibernacula’ which are available on the wildlife websites.  Fill this with nesting material - leaves, hay or straw all make good nesting materials for a hedgehog house which is outside. 


To help you do this with ease we have searched the internet and found some hedgehog houses for you.  


You Need To Know!!
You might want to make your garden a haven for hedgehogs but you should never take a hedgehog from the wild and bring it to your garden to live. Or move a hedgehog from another garden to yours. By moving a hedgehog you will be taking it away from an area it knows - and where it knows where it can find food and water. And you could be taking it away it's young which would then not survive. 

Simply all the BEE houses we have found

Solitary Bee Nest Box

'Bee' Mini Insect House

'Bee' Mini Insect House

Designed for mason bees, this
nest box is supplied with 29 individual tubes and it is these tubes where a female bee will lay her eggs. 


Each tube can be used to hold up to ten 'cells' where the egg and a store of pollen  to help the larva develop.

 

 This modern bee house comes complete with full instructions for siting your new box and caring for bees. To help with fixing in place it includes a set of screws and plugs for mounting the house securely.  


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'Bee' Mini Insect House

'Bee' Mini Insect House

'Bee' Mini Insect House

Bee Mini Insect House

This mini-insect house offers shelter to a variety of beneficial insects including solitary bees who will use the holes to lay their eggs in. 


With a charming, traditional design this bee house  should be placed in a sheltered spot, preferably between vegetation, or hung on a nail no higher than 2 metres from the ground. 


Leading invertebrate conservation charity, Buglife, endorse this insect house together with the complete  CJ Wildlife range as "a really well designed and practical selection" of habitats.

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Butterfly & Bee Box

'Bee' Mini Insect House

Butterfly and Bee Hotel

Butterfly & Bee Box

Ideal if you are considering attracting insects for the first time as these twin-habitat nest boxes are designed to accommodate both butterflies and solitary bees. The bees will help pollinate your plants and trees too!


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Butterfly and Bee Hotel

Wooden Insect & Bee Hotel

Butterfly and Bee Hotel

Butterfly and Bee Hotel

This insect hotel will appeal to a wide range of guests, including bees and butterflies. 


Divided into three compartments, the lower part will attract ladybirds and lace-wings, the middle section which includes the round openings, an ideal egg laying location for solitary bees, and the upper area, which will attract butterflies. 


This insect box can be opened for cleaning at the back and is equipped with a hook for hanging. Simply place in a sunny spot in the garden. 


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Wooden Insect & Bee Hotel

Wooden Insect & Bee Hotel

Wooden Insect & Bee Hotel

This wooden insect hotel is the perfect sanctuary to use as a solitary bee hive, mason bee house, and more,  providing a cosy haven for your beneficial garden companions.


Especially designed for domestic gardens this bee home, is a peaceful haven that protects beneficial insects from rain, snow, and extreme weather conditions. 


This bee house is constructed using natural solid bark wood, ensuring durability and longevity. 



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Bee Hotel Ustica

Wooden Insect & Bee Hotel

Wooden Insect & Bee Hotel

Bee Hotel Ustica

This Ustica Bee Hotel is tailored to  provide bees with their natural nesting requirements. It features three sections of drilled holes in an attractive housing.


 Bees will use this hotel by first collecting pollen and depositing it in the drilled holes. When they have collected enough, the queen bee lays an egg and covers the cell with a resin layer, before starting the process again with another breeding cell. When the eggs hatch, the pollen provides food for the young bee who then works its way out and flies away.


Position this Bee Hotel in a sunny spot, ideally near pollen-rich flowering plants. 

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Wildlife World Bee Barrel

Wildlife World Ceramic Bee Skep

Wildlife World Bee Barrel

Wildlife World Bee Barrel

The hole sizes of this Bee Barrel are precisely specified to attract non-swarming bees like the Red 

Mason Bee, Leafcutter Bee and other solitary bees. These industrious, friendly bees are safe around children and pets.


 Made from durable FSC certified timber,  this bee barrel should be hung  in a sunny position, facing south to south east  in order  to catch some morning sun. Mount  between ground level and 1.5m.


The canes within the barrel get filled up with baby bees during the Summer months, with the  new adult bees emerging the following Spring.

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Salina Insect Hotel

Wildlife World Ceramic Bee Skep

Wildlife World Bee Barrel

Salina Insect Hotel

This attractive, modern insect hotel will support a variety of bugs in your garden, including bees, ladybirds, and lacewings, all helping to pollinate the plants in your garden and boost biodiversity. Solitary bees such as mason and leafcutter bees will be the most likely guests at your insect hotel, along with solitary wasps. 


Made from WoodStone®, an innovative, breathable, and durable blend of concrete and FSC®-certified wood fibres. Whilst the bamboo tubes inside the hotel can be replaced over time, allowing insects to nest again and again.


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Wildlife World Ceramic Bee Skep

Wildlife World Ceramic Bee Skep

Wildlife World Dewdrop Bee & Bug Hotel

  Wildlife World Ceramic Bee Skep

This attractive bee house / nester has been designed in the shape of a traditional bee skep.


Made in hi-fired glazed ceramic the frost resistant nester provides a dry and ventilated home for bumblebees and also mini mammals such as voles and shrews. 


Bumblebees are often attracted to old mouse nests in which to set up home, so don't be disappointed if you get a furry resident in the first year.


Includes natural nesting material and instructions for siting and use.


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Wildlife World Dewdrop Bee & Bug Hotel

Wildlife World The Pollinating Company Bee Nester

Wildlife World Dewdrop Bee & Bug Hotel

This Dewdrop Bee & Bug hotel provides nesting tubes for solitary bees & shelter for other beneficial insects. 


The Dewdrop Bee & Bug Hotel is made from FSC timber with a decorative woven bamboo finish around the sides. The centre contains bamboo nesting tubes and a pretty aqua blue drilled log ideal for solitary bee nesting. 


Hang this Bee hotel  in a sheltered sunny position, preferably catching some early morning sun which will warm the emerging adult bees when they hatch out in Spring time.

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Wildlife World The Pollinating Company Bee Nester

Wildlife World The Pollinating Company Bee Nester

Wildlife World The Pollinating Company Bee Nester

The Pollinating Company Bee Nester has been designed with bee tubes which are the ideal size for Mason Bees , Orchard Bees and Leafcutter Bees.


 This bee nester provides the perfect place for the female bees to construct her egg cells, which develop into bee larvae and finally emerge in Spring as the new generation of bees.


Hang in a sheltered spot in your garden where there are nectar plants and a water source nearby.



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Bug Box

Wildlife World The Pollinating Company Bee Nester

Wildlife World The Pollinating Company Bee Nester

Bug Box

This attractive bug box's holes are used by solitary bees such as Mason Bees or Leafcutter Bees, which are non aggressive and excellent for pollinating in the garden, helping increase fruit yields. 


This unusual small double chambered insect house (top varying size canes - bottom solid bored timber) is ideal for hanging in a sheltered garden or house wall or orchard. 


The durable roof and solid timber construction also gives excellent insulation for over wintering Ladybirds and Lacewings.  

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Wildlife World Solitary Bee Hive

Wildlife World Solitary Bee Hive

Wildlife World Solitary Bee Hive

Wildlife World Solitary Bee Hive

This Solitary Bee Hive  has been designed to attract a friend to every gardener - the solitary bee - beneficial to the pollination of flowers, fruit  & vegetables.


Solitary bees, like the Red Mason Bee and the Leafcutter Bee,  are naturally attracted to holes in wood so this bee house has holes sized precisely specified to attract non-swarming bees like these.


This bee nester is constructed in durable FSC certified timber with an opening lid so you can see inside! 


The body of the nester is created from stacking trays, which can be opened for inspection and cleaning. 


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Wildlife World Bumblebee Nester

Wildlife World Solitary Bee Hive

Wildlife World Solitary Bee Hive

Wildlife World Bumblebee Nester

This lovely handmade bee house is made from solid FSC timber, with a sliding lid of recycled agricultural plastic that allows you to have a look inside to observe the bee colony.


Designed to attract bumblebees this nester features a bright yellow surface in contrast with the dark nesting hole and entrance ramp.  It's shape and size will provide a nice dry home for bumblebees.

This sturdy house can be sited on the ground or up to 2 metres above ground on tree or similar. 


Supplied complete with chopped meadow hay bedding.


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Fallen Fruits Insect Hotel

Wildlife World Solitary Bee Hive

Wildlife World Dewdrop Bee & Bug Hotel

Fallen Fruits Insect Hotel

With this insect hotel you can offer several species of beneficial insects a place to nest and hibernate.


The red compartment provides protection and housing to green lacewings, ladybirds and earwigs. Fill the compartment with fine wheat straw to form a cosy hibernation space. 


The hollow sticks at the top and base of the insect hotel will offer shelter for bees,  ladybugs and other species. And also offer a place for nesting and hibernation. 


Cleaning brush included.



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Wildlife World Dewdrop Bee & Bug Hotel

Wildlife World Giant Friendly Bee House

Wildlife World Dewdrop Bee & Bug Hotel

This Dewdrop Bee & Bug hotel provides nesting tubes for solitary bees & shelter for other beneficial insects. 


The Dewdrop Bee & Bug Hotel is made from FSC timber with a decorative woven bamboo finish around the sides. The centre contains bamboo nesting tubes and a pretty aqua blue drilled log ideal for solitary bee nesting. 


Hang this Bee hotel  in a sheltered sunny position, preferably catching some early morning sun which will warm the emerging adult bees when they hatch out in Spring time.

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Wildlife World Giant Friendly Bee House

Wildlife World Giant Friendly Bee House

Wildlife World Giant Friendly Bee House

Wildlife World Giant Friendly Bee House

This Giant Friendly Bee House is a statement piece, which features 20 fully functioning removable habitats for bees and other beneficial insects, such as ladybirds and lacewings whilst also incorporating a bird's nest box at the top. 


In addition to Solitary Bees, this 'des res' will provide somewhere to chill out during the summer as well as a refuge in the cold winter months. 


Hand built using FSC sustainable timber and decorated in bright bee friendly water based paint, the giant house stands over 5ft tall.   

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Bug Box

Wildlife World Giant Friendly Bee House

Wildlife World Giant Friendly Bee House

Bug Box

This unusual small double chambered insect habitat (top varying size canes - bottom solid bored timber) is ideal for hanging in a sheltered garden or house wall or orchard. This is a general insect 

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DON'T FORGET THE bedding! HEDGEHOG houses need a base layer

Guide to Bees of Britain

Guide to Bees of Britain

Produced in conjunction with the invertebrate conservation charity Buglife this comprehensive  chart has been designed to help you easily identify the types of bees you will find in Britain .


An eight sided, laminated, fold out colour identification chart  it shows 28 species of bee, most of which can commonly be seen in domestic gardens. As well as the 'Big Six' bumblebees, the chart includes species of mining bees, cavity-nesting bees and cuckoo bees. Silhouettes show the typical life-size for each species.


On the reverse of the chart is a table, with full cross-referencing to the bee images. It provides further information on flight periods, distribution of each species in Britain, and useful pointers to help distinguish between similar-looking species.

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With Bees Visiting Your Garden Remember:

Make sure that the hedgehogs visiting your garden remain healthy. 


So please take care when using any garden tools which could harm them - such as lawnmowers, strimmers, rakes, forks. Check before you start gardening that the area you are going to be working is free from resting or nesting hedgehogs. 


If you have a traditional compost heap in your garden be aware hedgehogs may think it’s the ideal place to make a nest. Take care when turning the compost in the heap - forks or compost aerators could easily harm a hedgehog. 



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