Pollinating bee log
Help ensure you get bumper crops of fruit and vegetables by encouraging pollinating insects using this attractive and practical bee log. It's for the red mason bee and the megachile bee (leaf cutter bee), neither of which sting, so are safe arround children and pets. Solitary bees are 70% more efficent at pollinating than honeybees, therefore this can help increase the fruit and vegetable yeild in the garden. It can be hung from a tree or any other garden structure using the seagrass ropes, which are supplied and left outside all year where it will provide the protection from frost that the bees need over winter. Position in a warm place near nectar sources to catch the morning sun. Ideally 3ft to 7ft high (up to 3 meters)
Size: 16x16cm
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