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Bee Hotel Burgled
Jacobsback
Posts: 1 Newbie
in Gardening
It has taken a few days to catch the culprit but finally I discovered who has been emptying and removing the bamboo canes from our Bee Hotels.
A Greater Spotted Woodpecker has completely wiped out the contents of two Bee Hotels, the bamboo canes are littered all over the grass and the contents have been consumed!
I return the bamboo canes to their housing but each morning the woodpecker returns to pull them out and eat the contents.
I am going to investigate gluing the bamboo tubes together or stapling some rabbit wire over the front to prevent the tubes from being removed but still allowing access for the bees, I’m not sure how to stop the contents being eaten!
A Greater Spotted Woodpecker has completely wiped out the contents of two Bee Hotels, the bamboo canes are littered all over the grass and the contents have been consumed!
I return the bamboo canes to their housing but each morning the woodpecker returns to pull them out and eat the contents.
I am going to investigate gluing the bamboo tubes together or stapling some rabbit wire over the front to prevent the tubes from being removed but still allowing access for the bees, I’m not sure how to stop the contents being eaten!
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