How To Make Your Very Own Bee Hotel

Bees are tremendous helpers in the garden, and in this video Tanya Visser shows you how to make a little bee hotel for the solitary bees, using scrap pieces of timber. Give these little pollinators and nice and safe place to rest.
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[@pampotgieter7611]

Oh Tanya, that bee house is so adorable!
Our daughter shared your video with me today.
I bought one last year from a Nursery. I kept noticing a big bumble bee coming into the garage, looking for a place to lay her eggs.
Every now and again she would buzz around my head, as if she was telling me, there is no place to lay my babies.
Thats when I found one advertised in a catalogue, where I order seedlings.
My husband kindly put the bee house under the garage roof overhang against the wall.
I got very excite when I saw different size 🐝 visit, and laying their eggs.
One day I took a video of much bigger bee, maybe it was the one which was buzzing around me. Who knows! 😂
Well this poor bee was too big to fit in any of the holes.
Now thanks to you Tanya, that is now going to be made possible.
As soon as watched your short, simple, straight to the point instructions.
I asked my husband to please make me one, especially with the bigger bee's in mind.
He is clever with his hands.
Has already made many useful shelves for my plants out of the free pallets that were kindly given to us.
Thank you so much Tanya. Love your South African sense of humour which adds to pleasant watching of your lovely videos.
Much love from a fellow South African 🇿🇦👍

[@gardengirl6636]

Brilliant! Inspiring!🐝

[@tmontero8492]

So adorable! The way you break down each step makes your video easy to follow. Thank you for your refreshing approach! You have a new subscriber!

[@TanyaVisserTheGardener]

Glad to hear it!