bees
Solitary bees, also called hermit bees, build their nests and feed their brood alone.
One very common wild bee you can see in spring is the Horned Mason Bee , osmia cornuta. The females body is black and the abdomen rusty red furred and has two small horns hidden between the hairs at the front of the head.
Males are a little smaller, wear white facial hair and no horns.
They are among the first on air in spring. [sic]
The females look for sunny walls for nesting places: Cracks in walls, holes of all kinds. They need about 1 cm diameter. I always take planks and drill holes in them. I lay the boards on top of each other on the windowsill, which creates many nesting places in a small space. Old holes are rarely used, so I drill through the old unused tubes after the season.
As a protection against birds I put netting wire in front.
bees
Solitary bees, also called hermit bees, build their nests and feed their brood alone.
One very common wild bee you can see in spring is the Horned Mason Bee , osmia cornuta. The females body is black and the abdomen rusty red furred and has two small horns hidden between the hairs at the front of the head.
Males are a little smaller, wear white facial hair and no horns.
They are among the first on air in spring. [sic]
The females look for sunny walls for nesting places: Cracks in walls, holes of all kinds. They need about 1 cm diameter. I always take planks and drill holes in them. I lay the boards on top of each other on the windowsill, which creates many nesting places in a small space. Old holes are rarely used, so I drill through the old unused tubes after the season.
As a protection against birds I put netting wire in front.