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Build a wildbee hotel

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Abstract

Bees are fantastic little insects with a big task; they pollinate many of our vegetables, fruit trees and berries. About a third of the food we eat comes from plants that bees and bumblebees pollinate. But food shortages, chemical pesticides and housing shortages threaten our most important food producers. This can have major consequences for the future. Fortunately, there are solutions to the problems! We can help spread knowledge about bees and inspire what we can do together to help them.

Help the wild bees and they will help you

 

Bees are sensitive insects and unfortunately, not all bees in, for instance Sweden, are doing well. There are 270 species of wild bees in Sweden and about one third of them are threatened or greatly reduced.
Thirteen of the threatened species have not been found in a long time and are believed to be extinct. In order for the bees to feel good, they need more and more flowering plants, are exposed to less chemical pesticides and enough habitats.

Check out the situation in your country!

Learning Outcomes

The learners will learn how to use daily materials in order to build a bee hotel. They will also learn why we have to help bees.

  • Explain why bees are so important to us
  • List what else we can do to help the bees
  • Measure the material
  • Design the bee hotel
  • Build the bee hotel
  • Choose the best place for it
  • Discuss the outcome
  • Summarize the activity and learning outcome

Other Instructions

Building your bee hotel:

  1. Cut the plank into four to make a rectangular frame that the stems will sit inside.
  2. Drill guide holes for the screws (to stop the wood splitting) and assemble the frame.
  3. Snip your stems into lengths to fit the frame (as wide as the plank), discarding any bent or knobbly ones.
  4. It’s a good idea to include some really big stems (cut with a fine saw), even though they’re no use to the bees; they speed up the assembly stage, look attractive and help shelter lacewings and ladybirds over winter.
  5. Lay your frame on a tilted surface and carefully pack it with stems. Only as you add the final few does the whole thing suddenly lock solid.
  6. Use the nail to dig out a hole at each end of the tubes, allowing the bees to lay their eggs inside.
  7. Tie the string so that the bundle holds together. Tie hard enough so that the pipes do not fall out.
  8. Finally add a backing board to the bee hotel.

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Author

WiTECSweden
WiTECSweden

Language

English

Main Topics

Arts, Mathematics, Science

Keywords

bees biodiversity biology Ecology Mathematics physics sustainability

The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsi­ble for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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