I love the correction, we all learn by feedback. I also like your presentation, no shouting at the camera, being yourself. Please keep these coming, I like many others are keen to join the garden rewilding concept. There are things we can all do, a bird feeder, bird nesting boxes, small water space (in large gardens a shallow pond), bat boxes, compost heap or leaf leaf in smaller spaces. Really looking forward to seeing your honest and open debate, so we are all educated/learn together.
@@tecmow4399 I got into making bee hotels during covid. They are fascinating to watch. Now I'm planting allsorts of bee friendly flowers, and trying to get others to do the same. I must've erected 20-odd bee hotels with more to come, with several improved versions to better help the bees. I'm afraid I'm a bit of bee bore these days. Many have taken on one of my hotels though. So, the bees are better off at least.
Another good thing is to make smaller ones, but have more, this helps with predators finding a smorgasbord of food, and similar for diseases with one hotel having an outbreak but the others still safe.
I know it'll be a lot more work to establish, but I'm planning on covering a sizable section of breeze block wall with a ten inch thick cob wall(sand/subsoil/chopped straw blend). Then creating vast numbers of holes whilst the cob is moist. Does anyone know if wood increases the chance of diseases due to it's degrading over time?
Sorry to have mad this a thing as you are amazing on the advice you give and didn't want you to think was having a pop at you. Even a lot of the bug / bee houses you can buy from reputable places come with some very limited instruction. The PDF is great and like Marc I've been trying to attract mining bees but sadly also with no joy.
I'm a bit concerned about shop bought insect hotels. I found three dead bees in the packaging. How they got there I don't know. As they were in plastic bags and clearly had never been outside. The bamboo, drilled wooden dowels were clean not weathered. Fern cones might be the source, but if so could manufactures be actually harming bees in the process of making hotels like this?
I don’t really know enough about the specific situation to say but in general the manufacturers often employ style over substance. They want to sell the hotels so their appearance is much more important than their utility to the insects. I wonder if they were stored outside and the holes became inhabited and then they hatched? I’m completely guessing here
I don’t agree with this. It has too much human intervention, the bees need to be hardy enough under natural conditions to find a suitable home and stay there over winter without humans moving the wood inside. Doing that will foreseeably reduce the resilience of the bees.
But there’s already human intervention in ensuring they have reduced habitat. But I see your point to a degree. They’d normally find a hole in a tree which would be dry over the winter. You could just put a better roof on the big hotel and I imagine it might help. If it didn’t show from the video - it’s not my field of expertise. I’m just trying to go through the research available to make a best guess
I love the correction, we all learn by feedback. I also like your presentation, no shouting at the camera, being yourself. Please keep these coming, I like many others are keen to join the garden rewilding concept. There are things we can all do, a bird feeder, bird nesting boxes, small water space (in large gardens a shallow pond), bat boxes, compost heap or leaf leaf in smaller spaces. Really looking forward to seeing your honest and open debate, so we are all educated/learn together.
Thank you so much! You’ve helped motivate me to make some more 😊
@@tecmow4399 I got into making bee hotels during covid. They are fascinating to watch. Now I'm planting allsorts of bee friendly flowers, and trying to get others to do the same. I must've erected 20-odd bee hotels with more to come, with several improved versions to better help the bees.
I'm afraid I'm a bit of bee bore these days. Many have taken on one of my hotels though. So, the bees are better off at least.
Another good thing is to make smaller ones, but have more, this helps with predators finding a smorgasbord of food, and similar for diseases with one hotel having an outbreak but the others still safe.
That’s a great idea! Thank you
I know it'll be a lot more work to establish, but I'm planning on covering a sizable section of breeze block wall with a ten inch thick cob wall(sand/subsoil/chopped straw blend). Then creating vast numbers of holes whilst the cob is moist.
Does anyone know if wood increases the chance of diseases due to it's degrading over time?
Solid video! I am looking at adding a few bee hotel options in my yard. The points identified will be helpful! New sub!
Wow. What a way to meet a cool person. A peaceful transfer of Accountability. I'm subbing.
Thank you so much! If you’re ever around Birmingham give me a shout
The algorithm did a good job showing me this video instead of the other one :D
Glad you enjoyed it 🙏
Thank you for educating us, and the humour!
I needed the education too 😆
Excellent video and the dry sense of humor was quite enjoyable! 🐝
Thank you 😄
Sorry to have mad this a thing as you are amazing on the advice you give and didn't want you to think was having a pop at you. Even a lot of the bug / bee houses you can buy from reputable places come with some very limited instruction. The PDF is great and like Marc I've been trying to attract mining bees but sadly also with no joy.
You have nothing to apologise for. I appreciate you politely taking the time to point it out 😊
So appreciate you correcting. Love your insight. Cheers bro!
Much appreciated! It’s a skill I’ve had plenty of practice with 😅
Taking the pith 😆👍
I’m dying to give this a go.
Thanks for the update!
You should do one as a guerilla gardening project! 😃
I have nothing useful to contribute here. Just commenting for the algorithm and to show appreciation for dad jokes
You’re such a pith taker and I love it
That PDF is great, thank you for sharing Marc’s info.
It really is! So glad it was helpful to you too ❤️
this is a very helpful video, but also...taking the pith 😂 Wasn't ready for that dad joke!
😂 I can’t help it
I'm a bit concerned about shop bought insect hotels. I found three dead bees in the packaging. How they got there I don't know. As they were in plastic bags and clearly had never been outside. The bamboo, drilled wooden dowels were clean not weathered. Fern cones might be the source, but if so could manufactures be actually harming bees in the process of making hotels like this?
I don’t really know enough about the specific situation to say but in general the manufacturers often employ style over substance. They want to sell the hotels so their appearance is much more important than their utility to the insects. I wonder if they were stored outside and the holes became inhabited and then they hatched? I’m completely guessing here
When are you ment to clean the bee hotels? Do the bees not stay in there year round?
once they've hatched in the spring I think
It’s even more funnier when you made jokes and didn’t smile. Lol 😂
No no plastic, bamboo either!
No bamboo? Say more please
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I don’t agree with this. It has too much human intervention, the bees need to be hardy enough under natural conditions to find a suitable home and stay there over winter without humans moving the wood inside. Doing that will foreseeably reduce the resilience of the bees.
But there’s already human intervention in ensuring they have reduced habitat. But I see your point to a degree. They’d normally find a hole in a tree which would be dry over the winter. You could just put a better roof on the big hotel and I imagine it might help. If it didn’t show from the video - it’s not my field of expertise. I’m just trying to go through the research available to make a best guess