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	Broken honeycomb help please	3	Ausgran	9687	Sat Aug 10, 2019 6:33 pm Ausgran
	Starving?	3	BugsInABox	4494	Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:40 pm Neukirchen
	Odd top bar problem	2	Bicester Bees	3492	Fri Jun 07, 2019 10:38 pm Bicester Bees
	Cutout dilemma - help!!	7	PottylottiCharlotte	12892	Wed Mar 20, 2019 1:36 pm charentejohn
	Rescue	20	evdama	12719	Wed Feb 27, 2019 6:18 pm evdama
	Ants	19	Jenny Mc	25074	Wed Jan 16, 2019 12:37 pm Barnie
	How can I move a hive?	0	Qiset	4297	Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:25 pm Qiset
	HELP!!!!	1	narustin	4925	Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:22 pm Barbara
	Maggots in my topbar	2	Kulezi	4917	Mon May 28, 2018 8:49 pm jimnpaula
	Builder next door wants to remove bees from roof space	15	Chapplefield	25617	Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:21 pm Chapplefield
	Dead bees and weird larvae	1	Maniluiza	6080	Thu Nov 23, 2017 2:48 pm catchercradle
	Early cold weather- need feeding advice!	3	Shoshanna	7960	Fri Sep 22, 2017 7:45 am AndyC
	surprise bees in discarded warre	7	sangje	10724	Sun Sep 03, 2017 3:55 pm sangje
	Robbing indicator, or natural slow build up ?	7	mal	10347	Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:08 pm Rusty Strings
	Badly dmaged hive	3	pwl256	7175	Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:18 pm Barbara
	Dying young bes in front of hive	12	choop26	14208	Sun Jul 23, 2017 12:51 am eltalia
	Little white larve	0	CitricWeevil420	6757	Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:01 pm CitricWeevil420
	Bees hatching with crumpled wings - is this a sign of varoa?	7	tickie	10855	Wed Jul 05, 2017 4:44 pm tickie
	Drone laying queen	2	BridgetB	6396	Tue Jun 27, 2017 1:58 pm BridgetB
	Use mite away and bees are not happy - urgent	5	Uwe in USA	8816	Sun Jun 18, 2017 8:06 pm AndyC
	Beginner's problem - what to do?	17	Nanny Ogg	18811	Mon Jun 12, 2017 1:02 pm Nanny Ogg
	bees and weather help please asap	10	maxine	12699	Fri Jun 09, 2017 1:35 pm 1abee
	Is my swarms queen less	4	mountainbee	9014	Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:44 pm biobee
	Low Population of a hive	10	jsallington	14782	Thu Mar 23, 2017 7:52 am AndyC
	Slugs are eating the comb and stores!	2	Ariel	6996	Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:58 pm Ariel
	Hive blown off roof, queen dead	5	Adam Rose	9191	Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:58 am Barbara
	Queen wanted or free, friendly bees available!	0	Henryderek	6472	Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:50 am Henryderek
	Strange tasting honey -- brandyesque?	1	stephanieprag	6329	Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:12 am Barbara
	Swarm trap Alert??	2	Thebigflyin	9121	Tue Aug 30, 2016 2:57 pm Thebigflyin
	endoscope	3	Thebigflyin	9244	Tue Aug 30, 2016 7:29 am Thebigflyin
	Queenless colony - what to do next?	9	druidsgarden	15147	Tue Aug 16, 2016 4:01 pm druidsgarden
	Queenless Hive!!	3	barkingmad	8704	Sun Aug 14, 2016 1:54 pm barkingmad
	New queen drone layer, but emergency queen cell present.	1	Heartstone	9203	Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:20 pm AugustC
	To combine or not too ? ... that is the question	2	ianrichards	7944	Thu Jul 07, 2016 6:20 am ianrichards
	varroa mite treatment for new bee's.	11	Justin	19343	Thu Jun 30, 2016 6:25 pm Justin
	bear problem-- can I raise new hive inside a big barn??	5	awalker	13170	Fri Jun 24, 2016 8:31 am Justin
	new bees	0	rene_p	8235	Tue Jun 21, 2016 8:50 pm rene_p
	Robbing - I think?	2	johnnsally	8320	Tue Jun 21, 2016 12:46 pm DrMartin
	Splitting the colony about to swarm	1	narustin	6977	Sat Jun 18, 2016 10:13 am Barbara
	Moving a Swarm from a S Trap to a TBH	4	Martin White	9851	Mon Jun 13, 2016 11:08 am pavol
	Excessive drones after a TBH split	4	bildom	9910	Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:00 pm bildom
	cross combing	3	winterkoning	8985	Sun Jun 05, 2016 10:36 pm ominoid
	Multi cluster mega swarm confusion - please advise!	7	tai haku	13002	Sun Jun 05, 2016 7:03 pm tai haku
	Starving swarm? Bad weather	7	barshambees	12261	Thu Jun 02, 2016 10:23 am barshambees
	Captured swarm - what do I do now?	10	johnnsally	15686	Mon May 30, 2016 10:00 am johnnsally
	Chalkbrood	2	The pollinator	7745	Wed May 18, 2016 6:10 pm The pollinator
	Swarm cells or supersedure cells?	2	Gaillardia	7932	Sat May 14, 2016 7:34 pm ingo50
	Oh dear! Any idea what may have happened?? Bees gone.	1	What Now?	6739	Tue May 10, 2016 8:13 pm trekmate
	Swarm	7	NetComrade	13337	Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:03 pm NetComrade
	Bees going nuts? What is happening?	11	Trun89410	16877	Thu Apr 14, 2016 4:50 pm Trun89410
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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)