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into pieces, drilled holes in them and then arranged them in the box with some bamboo, sunflower and teasel stems, all from the garden. The last bit of the trunk went into the pond so frogs could enter and exit more easily.This year I'll use the whole tree

wooden box filled with stems of sunflower, teasel and bamboo to make a solitary bee hotel.But that's no guarantee - wildlife can choose the most unpredictable places to live. This summer I visited some buff-tailed bumblebees nesting in a concrete path

at the back of my south-facing border, close to the wall where they'll be kept warm at night. As an experiment, one is planted in a bucket of semi-rotted compost, like a portable bean trench. All are staked with tall, strong bamboo canes. (They're only about 2