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The straw-filled middle compartment is probably put a few insects in ecstasy, any reasonably diverse structured garden offers much more meaningful natural hiding places.

Unlike most nesting aids the holes in the wood made here correctly, ie not in the grain but parallel to the wood fibers. This wood attracts not permanent moisture, which leads to a pronounced cracking. Forked transitions of solitary Hymenoptera colonized but almost never, here there is an increased risk of penetration of Parastioiden. The holes themselves are, however, performed so amateurish that it drives every craftsman the blush in the cheeks. Numerous wood fibers extend in all burrowing. Such transitions are shunned by the insects, since a high risk of the delicate wings hurt. Holes must be smooth and clean, it is best to grind after drilling a precaution after with sandpaper.

Quite ingenious, the cross-stacked reeds in the lower compartment, which bear witness to an extremely deep understanding of the breeding biology of solitary wasps and bees. Logically, a cavity from the opening has to be settled, in the case of abandoned beetle feeding programs in deadwood, a natural nesting sites, these openings are freely accessible. By contrast, the reeds come up against almost to the box sides. If the approaching mason bee or wasp not happen to have a chainsaw to hand her collection is likely to make it a bit difficult in the breeding tube.

Conclusion: Whoever designed this nesting aid, has no second time wasted on it to deal with the lifestyle and the needs of potential residents but merely wanted to ride along on the current trend wave. Anyone who wants to get an idea, should such solid technical quality and a reasonable interpretation of the theme look, may googling for wild bees carpenter.

This nesting aid is only one thing: a waste of money! The fact that even those nesting boxes are at least partially settled, does not speak for their quality but only for the high "home printing" of insects. Valuable tips for designing biologically meaningful nest boxes can be found for example in the book of the wild bee biologist Dr. Paul Rich West, wild bees - the bees and other on its website.