Mown grass provides food and nesting areas for insects ... but after two years, "the bees and butterflies were 25% to 35% more abundant and diverse in the meandering mown meadows." ...

It should have two rooms: one filled with wood shavings for the queen to breed in, the other an empty compartment where the rest of the bees live. Bumblebees may also nest in tussocks of grass or ...

Solvin Zankl (Germany) carefully watches a two-coloured mason bee build the roof of its nest. While exploring a favourite haunt ... with pollen and nectar for their larvae, then seal it with grass and ...