How To Build A Bee Condo

The Chicago Botanic Garden's Rebecca Tonietto gives you easy to follow step-by-step instructions on how to give native bees a hand by building a homemade nesting block or bee condo in your home landscape. Native bees are important to our environment because they are more efficient pollinators than honeybees.
Join us on Saturday, June 4 as we celebrate World Environment Day at the Chicago Botanic Garden from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Garden scientists, ecologists and horticulturists will be on-hand to share their expertise through free and informal presentations, demonstrations and tours. For more information, visit http://www.chicagobotanic.org/wed2011.

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@Cookiejug1

Look up some videos on how they build an actual bee hive from wood. You would put the wooden "condo" inside of a sealed tubberware case, but cut out a couple small holes in the bottom so they can exit/enter. If it's bitter cold it may not work since they'll likely freeze.

[Cookiejug1]

This looks like a great project for my veggie garden. I was following you right along but you los me when you talked about the Tupperware container. Could you do a video that shows what you mean? Also I live in a climit that is severely cold in winter will leaving the container in my garage be alright?