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Bird Feeders Buying Guide

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Bird Feeders Buying Guide A bird table can be an attractive addition to your garden and a welcome source of food for birds. A bird table is suitab...
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What are Leafcutter Bees

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What are leafcutter bees?         Check out our range of products to help you introduce and raise leafcutter bees. Leafcutter bees and are hive-...
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WHY BUMBLE BEES?

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Bumblebees are exceptionally good at what they do, better in many respects than honeybees. Scientists believe that 200 bumblebees are comp...
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A great time to buy a bumble-bee nesting box!

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NZ Winter is a great time to buy a bumble-bee nesting box! To buy Bumble Bee Nesting Box   Encouraging bumble bee pollination in your garden an...
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How to clean your leafcutter bee cocoons

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Occasionally you will experience mould occurring on your leafcutter bee cocoons. To remedy this please follow the instructions below:   Water wa...
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Wool Carder Bee

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In January and February 2006 the European wool- carder bee Anthidium manicatum was found to be present at Napier and Nelson, and more recently it h...
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The Number #1 Eco-friendly gift to give this Christmas!

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"The gift that keeps on giving" Gift someone a natural way to enhance pollination in their backyard. Having gentle natured summer leafcutter bees c...
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How long do I have to wait before my Leafcutter Bees emerge?...

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How long do I have to wait before my Leafcutter Bees emerge?... This is a very common question. Answer: After installing your leafcutter bee cocoo...
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Other Beneficial Solitary bees/wasps that may use nesting tunnels.

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These beneficial solitary bees/wasps are not aggressive and do not sting!   These cocoons are of the native mason wasp Pison spinolae. Actually so...
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The Life-Cycle of the Leafcutter Bee

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Leafcutter Bees Females are said to be solitary nesters because they   do not co-operate to make nests, and unlike honey bees there is no worker c...
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LET’S INVITE LEAFCUTTER BEES INTO OUR GARDENS

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Yummy, yummy! Is the phrase that comes to our minds when remembering Winnie the Pooh eating all those pots of honey. Many of us may only have thoug...
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Bumble bees delivered straight to your door!

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Home Garden Hives - live bumble bees delivered straight to your door. Available all year round. This small home garden hive contains a queen and ap...
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