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Where they are not so great is that they concentrate a bunch of bees together, which puts them at greater risk to parasitoid/parasite attacks. From a bee conservation perspective, probably better off to add some rotten/rotting wood to a garden bed. Ian On 30 April 2018 at 09:06, Don MacNeill <donmacneill@bellaliant.net> wrote: > I purchased a bee hotel from Costco and 2 more for relatives. They are > made from hollow bamboo laid horizontally and are purported to provide > shelter for bee larvae. The following article says that these hotels > increase pollen mites and allow a certain fungal growth to compete against > the larvae. > > https://crownbees.com/blog/bamboodanger/ > > A study indicates that these houses are used more by wasps and non-native > bees > > http://nurturing-nature.co.uk/wildlife-garden-videos/beware- > is-your-bee-hotel-a-nursery-for-disease-and-pests/ > > Does anybody have any thoughts on this or experience with these bee hotels? > > Don > -- > Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net > -- We're mapping research in Southwest Nova Scotia. Link to your research project/publications here <https://goo.gl/forms/1JkoBRWIP3Kbvxl53>. --000000000000c2474c056b100d7e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">From what I've heard, they're an awesome outreach/= education tool. People see the bees, care about the bees in their house, ca= re more for bees in general.<div><br></div><div>Where they are not so great= is that they concentrate a bunch of bees together, which puts them at grea= ter risk to parasitoid/parasite attacks. From a bee conservation perspectiv= e, probably better off to add some rotten/rotting wood to a garden bed.=C2= =A0</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ian</div><div><br></div><div><b= r></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><= div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 30 April 2018 a= t 09:06, Don MacNeill <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@b= ellaliant.net" target=3D"_blank">donmacneill@bellaliant.net</a>></span> = wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bord= er-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> =20 =20 =20 <div text=3D"#000000" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"> <font face=3D"Calibri">I purchased a bee hotel from Costco and 2 more for relatives.=C2=A0 They are made from hollow bamboo laid horizontal= ly and are purported to provide shelter for bee larvae.=C2=A0 The following article says that these hotels increase pollen mites and allow a certain fungal growth to compete against the larvae.<br> </font><br> <font face=3D"Calibri"><a href=3D"https://crownbees.com/blog/bamboodang= er/" target=3D"_blank">https://crownbees.com/blog/<wbr>bamboodanger/</a><br= > <br> A study indicates that these houses are used more by wasps and non-native bees<br> </font><br> <font face=3D"Calibri"><a href=3D"http://nurturing-nature.co.uk/wildlif= e-garden-videos/beware-is-your-bee-hotel-a-nursery-for-disease-and-pests/" = target=3D"_blank">http://nurturing-nature.co.uk/<wbr>wildlife-garden-videos= /beware-<wbr>is-your-bee-hotel-a-nursery-<wbr>for-disease-and-pests/</a><br= > <br> Does anybody have any thoughts on this or experience with these bee hotels?<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> <br> Don<br> </font></span></font><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"> <div class=3D"m_659955806292704383moz-signature">-- <br> Don MacNeill <a class=3D"m_659955806292704383moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href=3D"mai= lto:donmacneill@bellaliant.net" target=3D"_blank">donmacneill@bellaliant.ne= t</a></div> </font></span></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class= =3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">We= 're mapping research in Southwest Nova Scotia.=C2=A0<div>Link to your r= esearch project/publications <a href=3D"https://goo.gl/forms/1JkoBRWIP3Kbvx= l53" target=3D"_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br></div></div></div> </div> --000000000000c2474c056b100d7e--
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