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Blog post featured on Twinkl in its article "Why Are Bees So Important?" Since you're reading this post, the chances are that you are already familiar with the concept of solitary bee houses and hotels. Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener's friend, and providing nesting habitat is a great way to help declining native bee populations - especially in the human environment. We understand getting started can be a bit daunting! Countless gardening and home goods stores sell …

Super (Pollinator) Host 468 guests - 78 bedrooms - 78 beds - 0 baths Entire home: Guests will have the Bee Cabin to themselves. Enhanced Clean: Optional enhanced cleaning process with Clean Bee available. Self-check-in: Check-in with easy access, dual cocoon hatcheries. House rules: The Super (Pollinator) Host doesn't allow bamboo nesting materials or Houdini Flies.About this space The Bee Cabin is a private bee house nestled in your yard or garden. Offeri …

First and foremost, we hope you are staying well.Despite the challenging circumstances of 2020, it was a big year for Crown Bees - not only for our team but for our community of bee raisers who helped provide bee houses and spread awareness of the importance of our solitary bee species. Thank you for making this year possible and for being part of this incredible community.A glance at what you had helped us accomplish in 2020:This year, you installed 4,000 new houses and supplied over 1.2 millio …

Growing food in your own backyard is an excellent way to reduce stress, save money, lower pollution, and improve your community’s food securityWorking with soil has also been shown to reduce depression and enhance your mental health while you learn new skills. Gardening with children is full of opportunities to learn about many subjects like ecology, biology, chemistry, and art.Our goal is to cover the key decisions in the planning process to make building your own victory garden easy for new ga …

Learn how to naturally deter social wasps from building a nest near your home. You may begin to notice and worry about social wasp nests in the late summer. Social wasps like paper wasps, yellow jackets, and hornets have similar life cycles and their nests become large enough to notice in the summer. Social wasps look for a protective overhang like a tree branch or unfortunately, your house's eave. There is a natural and free solution to keeping social wasps away from your home. Social wasps …