This simple tool makes it easy for anyone to create a habitat to support local bee populations.
) is to make it simple for anyone to create a habitat to support local bee populations. The wood structures, which you can design online and assemble yourself, are essentially tiny apartment complexes for the species, offering safe shelter as their natural habitats are disrupted by urban growth. Ranging in height from about 2.5 inches to 10.5 inches, the homes include small holes that mimic those bees typically bore into trees or the ground for storing food and laying eggs.
The habitats are designed for solitary bees, which don't produce honey but help pollinate the nearly 90% of flowering plants that require pollination across the globe, including about a third of what we eat, according to Space10. Because female solitary bees each produce 20 to 30 offspring, "a single Bee Home could give life to hundreds of solitary bees,"
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