• Small Bee Block 6.5cm x 7cm x 10.5cm The bee brick is a beautiful, stylish product which makes a great gift or a satisfying treat for yourself, great to introduce kids to learning more about the world about them. Each bee brick has cavities where the bees will lay their eggs, sealing the entrance with mud or chewed up vegetation. The bee brick can be used in urban spaces and places where there may not be alternative nesting sites for bees The bee brick won the Soil Association’s 2014 Innovation Award, sponsored by the Duchy Future Farming Programme..

The bee brick is an exciting new innovation, created to be used as a solitary bee hotel in your garden or in place of a standard brick in construction, creating habitat for solitary bees and promoting biodiversity. The bee bricks and blocks are designed and made by Green and Blue in Cornwall from polished cast concrete. The bee brick provides a stylish nesting site for red mason bees and leaf cutter bees, amongst others, and makes a great addition to any garden, allotment or building. Each bee brick has cavities where the bees will lay their eggs, sealing the entrance with mud or chewed up vegetation. Offspring emerge in the Spring and begin the process of nesting again, repeating the cycle. The bee brick is a beautiful, stylish product which makes a great gift or a satisfying treat for yourself, great to introduce kids to learning more about the world about them. Solitary bees are facing a dramatic decline in numbers due to disease, an increase in use and habitat loss. The role they play in pollination accounts for around 1/3 of the food we eat and they are therefore a vital part of our environment. The bee brick can be used in urban spaces and places where there may not be alternative nesting sites for bees, They can be built into a wall or building or stood alone in a garden or allotment, in a warm sunny spot, preferably south facing, with no vegetation in front of the holes, ideally at around 1 metre from the ground. Solitary bees are harmless and will not sting you unless you squash them, even then their stings are not painful, meaning they are safe to encourage around pets and children The bee brick won the Soil Association’s 2014 Innovation Award, sponsored by the Duchy Future Farming Programme. The Programme works with farmers and researchers and focuses on low-cost, sustainable solutions that rely on management practices or renewable resources. It s to boost innovation in and other low-input farming while improving productivity a