Wax comb in a cavity
19 records
Bees that nest this way. Nesting habit decides what a garden has to provide — bare sunny soil, dead wood, hollow stems or nothing at all — and it is the half of bee conservation that flower lists leave out.
Bees by nesting habit
Roughly seventy per cent of bee species nest in the ground and most of the rest in cavities and stems. Providing for them is the most neglected part of bee gardening, and what it takes differs completely between these groups.
7 groups · 110 records in the catalogue
Burrows in the ground
49 records
Bees that nest this way. Nesting habit decides what a garden has to provide — bare sunny soil, dead wood, hollow stems or nothing at all — and it is the half of bee conservation that flower lists leave out.
Existing cavities and tubes
43 records
Bees that nest this way. Nesting habit decides what a garden has to provide — bare sunny soil, dead wood, hollow stems or nothing at all — and it is the half of bee conservation that flower lists leave out.
Hollow stems and plant cavities
15 records
Bees that nest this way. Nesting habit decides what a garden has to provide — bare sunny soil, dead wood, hollow stems or nothing at all — and it is the half of bee conservation that flower lists leave out.
Tunnels excavated in wood
10 records
Bees that nest this way. Nesting habit decides what a garden has to provide — bare sunny soil, dead wood, hollow stems or nothing at all — and it is the half of bee conservation that flower lists leave out.
Resin-lined cavities
17 records
Bees that nest this way. Nesting habit decides what a garden has to provide — bare sunny soil, dead wood, hollow stems or nothing at all — and it is the half of bee conservation that flower lists leave out.
Builds no nest
8 records
Bees that nest this way. Nesting habit decides what a garden has to provide — bare sunny soil, dead wood, hollow stems or nothing at all — and it is the half of bee conservation that flower lists leave out.