Not all bees are looking for the same house
Knowing the shelters adds another dimension to the flowers.
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A flower can offer food, but it does not solve all the needs of a bee. Renata Santos and Albano Soares entomologists distinguish carpentine bees, who use dead wood to nest, from bees-miners, who need discovered soil. The diversity of shelters is also part of a garden.
The so-called insect hotels serve only part of the species, namely some that nest in cavities. They are a complement, not a universal home. The proposal is to recognize relationships between flowers, soil and wood; not to search or open nests. These general examples do not confirm local nests.
There is also a temporal dimension: different plants can offer flowers at different times. Researchers recommend diversity of forms and periods of flowering. Thus, when thinking of a garden, it is worth relating three questions: what provides food, where there can be shelter and at what time of year these resources are available.
Flowers, shelters and wood
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How to transport pollen
Small loads on the legs →When the flowers appear
A flower calendar →Other animals linked to wood
An old trunk still feeds life →The work of fungi
A log can be a small house →
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