http://onnaturemagazine.com/how-to-build-a-bee-box.html ON Nature magazine brings readers closer to nature by exploring Ontario’s natural areas and wildlife and providing insight into current environmental issues. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:35:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://onnaturemagazine.com/how-to-build-a-bee-box.html/comment-page-1#comment-1049 peter Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:44:52 +0000 http://onnaturemagazine.com/?p=3005#comment-1049 I have built hundreds of bee boxes. I use 6 or so planks 4"X 8"X5/8". I route channels of different sizes along the length of the planks. Stack the planks, which creates deep holes(channels). The bee box then has as many as 40 chambers for the bees to 'nest' in. (Simple bundles of straws and other small tubes also provide nesting places for these bees.) The box can be dismantled for studying the bees in all stages. They have been used for bee surveys across Canada in the past three years, providing an astounding amount of data on bee habits,parasites,food etc. Bee boxes are a great way to provide nesting habitat for wild solitary bee pollinators. Great idea. I have built hundreds of bee boxes. I use 6 or so planks
4″X 8″X5/8″. I route channels of different sizes along the length of the planks. Stack the planks, which creates deep holes(channels). The bee box then has as many as 40 chambers for the bees to ‘nest’ in. (Simple bundles of straws and other small tubes also provide nesting places for these bees.) The box can be dismantled for studying the bees in all stages. They have been used for bee surveys across Canada in the past three years, providing an astounding amount of data on bee habits,parasites,food etc. Bee boxes are a great way to provide nesting habitat for wild solitary bee pollinators. Great idea.

]]> http://onnaturemagazine.com/how-to-build-a-bee-box.html/comment-page-1#comment-302 Randi Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:51:51 +0000 http://onnaturemagazine.com/?p=3005#comment-302 I was searching for an article I had seen on building a carpenter bee house out of 6 inch lenghts of bamboo...and I stumbled upon this article. The girl hanging the box looks familiar...and the author even more familiar. =) I was searching for an article I had seen on building a carpenter bee house out of 6 inch lenghts of bamboo…and I stumbled upon this article. The girl hanging the box looks familiar…and the author even more familiar. =)

]]> http://onnaturemagazine.com/how-to-build-a-bee-box.html/comment-page-1#comment-266 Brad Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:14:44 +0000 http://onnaturemagazine.com/?p=3005#comment-266 The deeper the better, short of going all the way through the wood. When a bee builds its nest in one of the holes, it will then seal the end with mud or plant material. The deeper the better, short of going all the way through the wood. When a bee builds its nest in one of the holes, it will then seal the end with mud or plant material.

]]> http://onnaturemagazine.com/how-to-build-a-bee-box.html/comment-page-1#comment-265 Les Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:22:03 +0000 http://onnaturemagazine.com/?p=3005#comment-265 How deep should the holes be? Just short of all the way through? How deep should the holes be? Just short of all the way through?

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