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Warwick Wild Bee House
Warwick Wild Bee House Nature Trail
Warwick Wild Bee House Nature Trail
Warwick now has six wild bee houses that form a nature trail around the town. Get the nature trail map here. The style of bee house we are looking at can be opened to view the bee houses inside. We hope this will be an interesting addition to the town and an opportunity to learn about non-stinging wild bees.
The bee houses are commonly used by Mason Bees; we may also be lucky and get Leafcutter Bees, Orange Vented Mason Bees, or even Blue Mason Bees.
We have now installed bee houses at Warwick Nursery School, Westgate School, Quaker House Gardens, ARC Packmores Community Garden, Chase Meadow Community Orchard, Hill Close Gardens and the Green Spaces team for Priory Park. We are awaiting permission to build a house at St Nicholas Park.
For obvious reasons the Nursery and School houses can't be visited by the public but all the other houses are part of the nature trail.
Red Mason Bees are the most likely bees to use these houses; they lay their eggs in hollow plant tubes or bee houses like ours and can be seen from April to July.
The female lines the cavity with mud and pollen to make individual cells for each of her eggs. She lays one or two female eggs at the back of the cavity away from predators, followed by male eggs. She may do 15 trips for pollen and even more in search of mud. The females have about 40 eggs, so they may fill several cavities.
THE RED MASON BEE.pdf
If you would like to buy your own observational bee house in a similar style please contact us at beefriendlywarwick@gmail.com to be put in touch with the maker.
SUPPORTED BY:
Awarding Cllr(s): Cllr John Holland (Warwick West) - £100; Cllr Sam Jones (Warwick North) - £456; and Cllr Nicki Scott (Warwick South) - £456
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