• Ephera
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    8 months ago

    Ah, yeah, it certainly is impossible to get only bees. 😅

    I’m not actually a biologist or insect hotel expert myself. You’ll probably get much better advice, if you ask in e.g. !askbiologists@lemmy.world.

    Given their camouflage, though, I imagine, they mostly want bushes to hide/hunt in. Maybe also don’t rake the leaves in autumn right away.
    Well, and you would probably actually want many other insects in your garden, for them as prey.

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      8 months ago

      It’s one of those self-perpetuating behaviours. The more you spend time in the garden improving plantlife, the more animals you see especially on the microscopic level, the greater your interest. Good fun.