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	Announcement: Tell the BBKA president what you think	5	biobee	30382	Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:10 pm biobee
	Announcement: DON'T send Prince Charles a jar of honey!	3	biobee	29965	Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:05 am biobee
	Announcement: Phil on the BBC News	2	biobee	21007	Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:21 pm Guest
	Sticky: Varroa out of control - what pesticides got to do with it	17	zaunreiter	47807	Sat May 28, 2016 7:08 am AndyC
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	Herbicide	3	SamH	35953	Mon May 01, 2017 7:29 am Barbara
	Help Needed	3	Rickdavis	11649	Mon Mar 13, 2017 5:21 pm Barbara
	Ex-BBKA President reverses his position on pesticides	0	biobee	9838	Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:53 am biobee
	For lovers of our countryside.	2	BarnBrian	11704	Tue Oct 25, 2016 5:32 pm trekmate
	Now it's Butterflies	3	AndyC	12473	Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:57 am AndyC
	new studie on pesticides	1	Adriaan	11183	Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:47 am AndyC
	Agriculture, Food and Climate Change	0	Adam Rose	8664	Tue Sep 20, 2016 2:40 pm Adam Rose
	Bayer is buying Monsanto	1	Beeblebrox	9680	Fri Sep 16, 2016 10:00 am Barbara
	pandora's box?	0	Adriaan	9001	Sat Jun 18, 2016 9:38 am Adriaan
	Spray advice	6	BridgetB	16669	Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:16 am BridgetB
	feed the bees sugar, or not?	2	freebee	12042	Wed Jun 01, 2016 1:09 pm freebee
	free bee seeds and anti chemical petition to the govermoont	7	Thebigflyin	22876	Wed May 11, 2016 8:26 am biobee
	Shortish Books and Articles on Neonics, bees and Farming	2	Adam Rose	11062	Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:17 pm Adam Rose
	Almonds, Water and Hedge Funds	6	Adam Rose	19028	Fri Jan 29, 2016 3:53 pm Adam Rose
	politics question	7	peebix	20908	Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:06 am biobee
	Organic Pest Controls (Nematodes) Kills Bumblebees	0	trekmate	9799	Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:26 pm trekmate
	Missing link on neonics	0	Jt	9298	Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:48 pm Jt
	Anthropocene and J shaped graphs	0	Adam Rose	9436	Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:28 am Adam Rose
	38 degrees campaign - Keep the ban on bee-killing pesticides	2	luk_lak	12643	Mon Sep 21, 2015 2:03 pm catchercradle
	Ants better than Chemicals	1	Adam Rose	10515	Wed Sep 02, 2015 12:49 pm B kind
	EU authorises new systemic pesticide	1	Adam Rose	13263	Fri Aug 14, 2015 7:39 am Tavascarow
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	Himalayan balsam not so bad after all! [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	47	biobee	146403	Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:30 am vorlic
	[ Poll ] New petition direct to Government	10	Smorning	32267	Sat Aug 01, 2015 7:54 pm Adam Rose
	Petition to assist in keeping the ban on neoniconitoids	1	Skeifre	11117	Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:36 pm Tavascarow
	Neonic ban	8	Tavascarow	25252	Sun Jul 05, 2015 3:51 pm trekmate
	Spraying Canola in bloom!!!	19	Che Guebuddha	47522	Thu May 21, 2015 2:39 pm Che Guebuddha
	Chaga Mushroom Bee-tea against pesticide poisoning	28	Che Guebuddha	85873	Tue May 05, 2015 5:15 pm Viggen
	New field study on Neonicotinoids in Sweden	2	Che Guebuddha	16312	Tue May 05, 2015 2:57 pm Che Guebuddha
	Keeping bees on the political agenda	0	Smorning	9439	Sat Apr 11, 2015 6:26 am Smorning
	New Neonicotinoid petition – Please sign!	0	Broadwell	13733	Fri Apr 10, 2015 7:00 pm Broadwell
	Resistance to treatments podcast extract	0	Smorning	9755	Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:32 am Smorning
	emails to local councillors for support against pesticides	1	obcarskas	11682	Fri Apr 03, 2015 8:40 pm obcarskas
	SHB - may have reached Switzerland ...	3	BBC	13313	Fri Apr 03, 2015 11:43 am BBC
	Dirt	0	Smorning	9390	Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:46 pm Smorning
	Dr Goulson Podcast	2	Smorning	11931	Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:51 pm biobee
	The Bio-Politics of Bees: Industrial Farming & CCD	0	Adam Rose	9949	Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:18 am Adam Rose
	Petition to keep small hive beetle out of the UK	2	Broadwell	13319	Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:40 am Broadwell
	Australian scientists may have solved the mystery of bee col	3	Robert	14991	Fri Feb 13, 2015 9:56 pm Robert
	News report USA	0	Smorning	9600	Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:18 am Smorning
	Euro ban on neonicotinoids and effects on bees	7	IanT	22764	Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:11 am fairyanna
	Bees foraging on hen feed	6	Barbara	21315	Wed Dec 10, 2014 3:14 pm Che Guebuddha
	Syngenta, Bayer challenge EU [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	34	Wildflower_VA	125329	Wed Nov 12, 2014 9:22 am zaunreiter
	Don't try this at home !	3	Adam Rose	14917	Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:47 pm meant2bee
	Pest sprays put world food supplies at risk	1	Vallee	15654	Fri Nov 07, 2014 12:40 pm zaunreiter
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Quality Top Bar Hives by Andrew Vidler

Conserving wild bees

Research suggests that bumble bee boxes have a very low success rate in actually attracting bees into them. We find that if you create an environment where first of all you can attract mice inside, such as a pile of stones, a drystone wall, paving slabs with intentionally made cavities underneath, this will increase the success rate.

Most bumble bee species need a dry space about the size a football, with a narrow entrance tunnel approximately 2cm in diameter and 20 cm long. Most species nest underground along the base of a linear feature such as a hedge or wall. Sites need to be sheltered and out of direct sunlight.

There is a spectacular display of wild bee hotels here

More about bumblebees and solitary bees here

Information about the Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)