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"Martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:36:22 +0200, Martin wrote: On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:57:36 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 2009-08-05 21:20:31 +0100, "Ophelia" said: Christina Websell wrote: I am very interested in Sacha's comment, about having a 'hive' for bumble bees. Have you heard anything about those? Yes. They are easy to make, have a look on the web. I've made several and they've all been taken up. I've also drilled a log with holes for solitary bees and some of holes are blocked up with clay, so I guess a few solitary bees found it a good place to lay their eggs. How do you attract them, or do they just find it? You would need bee friendly plants nearby but things like sedums can be grown in troughs and pots. We have a bee friendly garden but it must be 2 months since we last saw even a bumble bee. There were lots of bumble bees in spring and now there are none. On Monday, we put one of those Victorian wasp traps in the garden & got rid of the wasp population too. I had to put a few drops of beer in it first. Pigs are the next thing to have in your garden http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ternative.html -- Yeah, right. Brilliant idea (not) I am not in favour of suggesting to people who live in towns that the best thing they can do is to keep chickens, bees or pigs. |
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