Help our Native Bees |
Build a Bee Hotel |
![]() Bee populations around the world, including our native bees, are in decline.
The main reasons for this are widespread pesticide use, disease and habitat loss. You can help save our bees:
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You can create a bee hotel from materials you might already have at home.
Natural materials like wood, bamboo, bricks and stone work well. Use untreated timber. Different bees like to nest in different materials, in holes of different width and depth. Pile loose material together and drill different-sized holes into stumps or blocks of wood. Look for a sheltered position about 1 metre off the ground, but not higher than 2 metres. Face your bee hotel towards the north-east in a semi-shaded position so it’s not too hot. |
A Michelle Email
Oh thank you so much Neville, we were so glad and privileged to have your Rotary Club join us on this inaugural Penno High Winter Carnival. We have had nothing but praise and congratulations on such a great community event and we are just so pleased that it went so well with really no incidents at all. It was exactly how I imagined, and we have rough numbers in of about 4/5000 people, although I feel it was closer to 7000 ... (just my estimate) I will have Peter (our P&C treasurer) & Jen (our Carnival Finance Team Leader) get back to you with money details and receipt. We have many projects we would like to put our raised funds to and we are having a P&C meeting tomorrow night to celebrate and discuss this very thing. We will be in touch and let you know very soon. Thanks so much, |
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