Bee houses

[BornToFolk]

I just bought my mum a bee house for mother's day. I thought it looked quite nifty.

However, DP has just reminded me of the ladybird house that I bought years ago for our garden that no ladybird has ever set foot in...

Will the bees use the house? Can they be enticed in?

Plant a lavendar bush directly by it??

What do you mean a 'bee house'? You mean a Bee Hive, or Skep ?

If you mean a bumble bee, leaf cutter bee and other non-honey type bees they like those little bee houses with little holes to live in. Just put one up and they will move in especially if they have some nice flowers like lavender or heather at this time of year. One at my FIL's house has bees living in it without any enticement.

ah yes, i understand, Bees with only a couple of hundred bees in the nest.