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	Announcement: READ THIS FIRST	8	biobee	40752	Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:23 am BuffBum
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	Laying Workers Help!	10	beegraham	16146	Thu Jan 25, 2018 12:38 pm eltalia
	Straw Skep	0	AndyC	8857	Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:48 am AndyC
	Removal from pipe fitting - Mulberry, FL 5-19-17	1	Patrick Thomas	6744	Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:59 pm Sgt.Colon
	Payback Time	1	AndyC	6172	Tue Jun 13, 2017 2:55 pm AndyC
	Cupboard love?	4	AndyC	8766	Wed May 24, 2017 9:49 am Nanny Ogg
	BaitHiveSuccess	1	beegraham	6685	Thu May 04, 2017 9:07 pm Barbara
	TBH Sneaks in?	0	AndyC	6988	Sun Apr 02, 2017 3:02 pm AndyC
	Off Season Hive Building	3	SamH	9684	Sun Jan 29, 2017 5:21 pm SamH
	FLIR images	2	CatskillDeb	8508	Sun Jan 22, 2017 1:05 pm CatskillDeb
	My basic TBH I/17 for next season.	2	garbeam	9016	Thu Jan 19, 2017 2:51 am Adiame
	Queen cells in trap-out	2	Patrick Thomas	9534	Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:53 am Patrick Thomas
	The Plight of the Bumble Bee	1	beegraham	7783	Fri Oct 07, 2016 6:29 am Ollie
	Removing bees from water meter in Florida	1	Patrick Thomas	7767	Sat Sep 17, 2016 9:08 pm Ollie
	My first Warré for next season	1	garbeam	7797	Mon Sep 05, 2016 7:45 am druidsgarden
	Swarms don't seem to care!!	0	AndyC	7360	Sun Aug 28, 2016 6:10 am AndyC
	Living in a bee house [ Goto page: 1 ... 11, 12, 13 ]	381	zaunreiter	701603	Fri Aug 19, 2016 7:20 pm zaunreiter
	My hTBH just finished.	13	mefgbee	25759	Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:57 am mefgbee
	Deep floor (eco-floor) photos	4	B kind	19461	Mon Jul 25, 2016 3:21 pm tickie
	10 bar Top Bar Nuc from old Estate Agents boards	4	shearno	13219	Mon Jul 25, 2016 3:18 pm tickie
	Evicting queen hornet	1	rays	8812	Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:42 pm tickie
	Today's Inspection	0	Nordak	7123	Tue Jul 12, 2016 1:51 am Nordak
	A few pics from a recent inspection	7	Patrick Thomas	14224	Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:55 am Craig Howard
	My first colony - CORNWALL	3	ianrichards	10080	Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:23 am Barbara
	Photos of some Emergency Queen Cells	2	Bruce_S	8868	Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:05 pm Bruce_S
	High tech Warre hive connector	4	AndyC	10653	Mon May 23, 2016 6:15 am AndyC
	Might be crazy but what the hell	6	jsallington	13183	Mon May 02, 2016 7:02 pm jsallington
	First attempt at a bait hive	16	semiautonomous	38640	Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:45 am mefgbee
	New Foundationless Comb Being Built From Recent Removal	0	Patrick Thomas	9582	Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:34 pm Patrick Thomas
	Honey harvest from Oct. 2014	0	Patrick Thomas	6937	Thu Feb 04, 2016 6:30 pm Patrick Thomas
	Just finished two cedar hives with windows for a customer	10	Patrick Thomas	18723	Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:42 pm Patrick Thomas
	Bee-loving flowers after the main nectar flow	7	Solarpat	20100	Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:01 pm Charlye
	Zázrivá days, Slovakia	1	MilanBencúr	8891	Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:50 am Balamut
	small TBH	7	froggy	16463	Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:11 am trekmate
	New hive this spring	2	greg91	14295	Sat Sep 12, 2015 4:43 pm ahuskano
	Identify an odd bee?	4	Little Angel	14868	Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:32 pm Little Angel
	how ??	1	hannah donovan	9633	Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:03 pm stevecook172001
	Serendipitous bee swarm	6	jeffo	15142	Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:12 am ingo50
	Bees pollinating Scotch Broom	3	Solarpat	11941	Thu May 28, 2015 8:15 pm peopleshive
	I'm building another log hive...a big one	18	Solarpat	39697	Tue May 26, 2015 6:06 am Solarpat
	My first TBH, just finished today!	4	JamesW	13258	Sat May 16, 2015 7:24 am JamesW
	HomeMade Russian Scion	3	SueBee	12844	Thu May 14, 2015 5:09 am Solarpat
	Swarm, catch and new TBH	0	Rob van Dipten	11932	Sun May 03, 2015 7:39 pm Rob van Dipten
	My Tiny Bee Yard	7	SueBee	17489	Wed Mar 25, 2015 8:42 pm SueBee
	My journey back to beekeeping.	8	stevebuzz	20014	Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:33 am meant2bee
	German art exhibition - with bees	0	biobee	8373	Tue Nov 25, 2014 7:49 pm biobee
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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)