The Solitary Bee site - welcome!
My family has a house in the country that was built a long time ago. Like all places where nature is close by, maintenance, repairs and renovations, can create conflicts with animals considering it their habitat. We can also find amazing micro-universes
I am constantly discovering wild animals - bats, salamanders, weasels and birds - that shelter in its nooks and crannies.
Particularly fascinating are the 'solitary bees' (European Red Mason Bees - latin name Osmia Rufa) that have stopped me from replacing the sandy mortar between the bricks. So I decided to do my best to offer them an alternative - artificial habitats which they have now adopted.
Solitary bee Update: September 2011
After having a very succesful spring where my population rose from 600 bees to an estimated 1600, I finally started to get what I needed to do to encourage the nesting of my bees. In the virtual world have also succeed in:
- Developing a statement for "The campaign for Solitary Bees" - it's going to get big!
- Sorting out my various 'how to' videos which you can see my channel of solitary bee videos with 90+ subscribers.
- We have also got a Facebook page for Solitary bee Facebook Fans page in place and over 550 fans.
- Join nearly 600 followers to talk with me and get a synthesis of what's going on Facebook and Youtube via Twitter.
So come and join in the conversation and conservation and above all come and take a look at my solitary bee blog to follow progress what's happening in the solitary bee world.
Thanks for stopping by,
Paul Bee.