Chiaverano, the refuge of “solitary” bees, but the door is open

CHIAVERANO

Threatened by climate change and pesticides, bees are known to be an endangered species. Hence the idea of ​​the Bee hotels, otherwise known as hotels for bees. These are man-made artificial shelters in which these, like other pollinating insects, can survive and multiply even when the external environment is hostile due to global warming, excessive winter cold and pollution. The Bee hotels are hexagonal wooden structures inside which are arranged paper straws, wooden logs and wool, all materials that bees adapt to build a small shelter. Structures that can be placed in any outdoor environment, from parks to balconies, to accommodate pollinating insects. Bee hotels are home to solitary bees, not honey bees, incredibly social and devoted to collective life. The Bee hotel is the home of solitary bees, each of which lays its own eggs and takes care of their own offspring independently. Unlike honey bees, solitary bees very rarely use the sting they are equipped with, and practically manage to survive only in the presence of flowers, from which they draw sugars, lipids and proteins. But the hexes will not only house these solitary bees, other types of insects, such as ladybugs, butterflies and scissors will also take up residence in the hexes. Under the banner of biodiversity.