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Bumble Bee Nest
By installing a bumble bee nest in your garden you will encourage a colony of Bumble Bees to your garden. This colony will pollinate your fruit and vegetables throughout the season.

Bumblebees are of immense value in the garden as they are highly effective pollinators and are not aggressive.

A bumble bee colony lasts only one season. Over winter the queens hibernate, usually in a hole in the ground.

In the spring the Queen emerges from hibernation, when her first needs are to feed and find a nest to raise a colony.

The Nest
The Bumble Bee Nest is constructed of timber, comprising an outer and inner chamber. Within the inner chamber is a piece of cotton waste which is an ideal material for nest building. Ventilation is provided by a small opening covered with fine mesh net.
The lid may be removed to inspect progress of the nest through the transparent inner lid.

The nest is best sited at ground level out of direct sunlight. It should be in place by the end of March as the first bees are likely to emerge from hibernation during April.

During the summer a colony of Bees will develop, with the 'workers' foraging for pollen and nectar, during which activity they will effectively pollinate many plants.

At the end of the season

As winter approaches, a number of Queens which have been reared during the season will move away from the nest to hibernate until the following spring. The remainder of the colony will then die out.

If the nest is to be re-used the old nesting material should be removed and the interior cleaned (preferably using Citrox). It may then be stored over winter and set out again the following spring with a fresh supply of nesting material.
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