Handmade Shelters for Solitary Native Bees
We launched our new SeeBee Shelter last month, it is now available for Pre-order HERE
The new SeeBee shelter is a nest site where solitary bees can lay their eggs. The new observation feature, the clear side panels allow you to see into the life of a female bee as she nest, and her eggs and larva as they pupate into bees. Watching this incredible transformation is super fascinating, as well as educational.
You can install the shelter in any location, then wait for the bees to find it.
Remember, these bees are gentle, they live alone and they very rarely sting. Safe for kids and pets, too.
Pre-order on InDemand HERE
Why help the native bees? Over the past few decades habitat loss and pesticide use has caused a steep decline in solitary native bees. More than anything else, they need a safe place to nest and thrive.
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How a SoloBee Shelter works
Solitary (solo) native bees live alone, rarely sting and lay their eggs in a tunnel nest. With no large hive to defend, the female very rarely stings. Her life is filled with collecting pollen for her nest, and that is when she pollinates making her the best pollinators on the earth, better than bats, butterflies and honey bees. She will fill her tunnel nest with pollen and eggs, then she caps the door and dies. A year later her young will emerge to repeat the cycle. Native bees are everywhere, so set out a home and invite them in. More bees, more food and more flowers.
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Our Story WHY we help bees. HOW we build them shelters in our San Diego workshop. WHAT you can do to help the bees at home. More videos and press HERE |
Who We Are
SoloBee was founded in 2015, to give solitary bees a beautiful home that anyone can install. After receiving waste wood from Taylor Guitars, the company evolved to use primarily salvaged wood and working toward zero waste. As of Nov. 2021, they company has made 3,016 shelters and educated hundreds of people about solitary native bees. Con't here.
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Where We Are
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SoloBee Habitat Garden in Balboa Park- Near the Timken Museum
Visit our habitat garden for bees. Pesticide-free, it provides a safe place for bees to collect pollen and build a nest.
Visit our habitat garden for bees. Pesticide-free, it provides a safe place for bees to collect pollen and build a nest.