{"id":1600,"date":"2015-08-14T20:25:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T19:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2018-08-21T10:19:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T09:19:14","slug":"solitary-bees-check-in-to-garden-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=1600","title":{"rendered":"Solitary bees check-in to garden hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rowofbeehotels-e1431629363419.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1599\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rowofbeehotels-e1431629363419-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"rowofbeehotels\" width=\"151\" height=\"151\" \/><\/a>   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/solitarybee1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/solitarybee1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"solitarybee1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1596\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/packinginpollen-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"packinginpollen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Great to see Red Mason bees (Osmia bicornis) using the solitary bee hotels we&#8217;ve put up in the garden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/solitarybee21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1598\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/solitarybee21-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"solitarybee21\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gettingstuckin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1595\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gettingstuckin-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"gettingstuckin\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1594\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/3completednests-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"3completednests\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The female bees emerged a few weeks ago, have mated, and are now busily laying their eggs in the hollow tubes.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xavy.fr\/-air-tn.html\"><\/a> They  forage for pollen from the flowers and pack it around each egg so when it hatches later in the summer it has plenty of food.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xavy.fr\/acheter-chaussures-.html\"><\/a> She makes a partition wall of mud between each egg.   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alter48.fr\/-tn-femme.html\"><\/a> After she&#8217;s laid eight to ten eggs in each tube, she seals the tube with mud she&#8217;s brought back to the hotel.   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alter48.fr\/-air-presto-pas-cher.html\"><\/a> Then she does the same in a second tube. This bee seems to have completed two tubes.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fjallravenkankensale.me.uk\/\"><\/a> She&#8217;ll keep going until she&#8217;s laid all of her eggs, which could be another three tubes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/solitarybeehouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/solitarybeehouse-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"solitarybeehouse\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/solitarybeehouse-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/solitarybeehouse.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Stephensbeehotel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Stephensbeehotel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Stephensbeehotel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately we&#8217;ve still not heard of any reports of bees checking into the bee hotels we made at our workshop earlier in they year.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xavy.fr\/\"><\/a> They&#8217;ve been put around the neighbourhood in sunny spots but the bees have yet to find them.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alter48.fr\/-air--2017.html\"><\/a> There may be too much dappled light in front of this second hotel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/masonbeeonmysotis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1603\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/masonbeeonmysotis-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"masonbeeonmysotis\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As well as suitable habit, the Red mason bees need food. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great to see Red Mason bees (Osmia bicornis) using the solitary bee hotels we&#8217;ve put up in the garden. 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