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Post #703067

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Bingowings
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Honey Bee cut-out this past weekend.
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2-May-2014, 4:28 PM

The flowers are, as to the bee's name I defer to the expert :-D

I have tried to plant out functional plants (vegetables, herbs etc) that will hopefully appeal to insects as well throughout the year.

I can't keep bees in my garden, it's too small and too close to neighbour's gardens which may not wish to have a community of bees near them. There is a farm nearby I may ask the owner if I can keep hives there.

By Bee Motel I was thinking more along the lines of a structure where solitary bees (as well as Wasps, spiders and beetles) and stranded social bees can rest a spell until the weather improves or to sleep out the winter.

Something like this one :

A friend has these in her garden and on her allotment and all the cells are full when the temperature drops.

I was touched by accidentally disturbing the sleep of a solitary bee while digging up the potatoes last year and strange as it may seem I enjoyed the company of wasps when they built a colony in my compost bin. So if I can help the sisters in some small way I'm very happy to do so.