Table of Contents

Introduction  4

            Tips for an insect-friendly garden

            Masons, decorators, carpenters

            Solitary wasps: always on the hunt

Hotels for Solitary Bugs  13

            Hotel in a bucket

            Reed hut

            Nesting stone

            Swedish shelf sculpture

            Rustic tree house 1

            Rustic tree house 2

            Rustic tree house 3

            New from old

            Hotel Wood Block

            Villa with balcony

            Brick hut

            Take a peek

            Look who’s here

            Mud hut

            Winemaker’s house

            Borders for bees

            High rise hotel

            Romantic country hotel

            Swedish cabin

            Weatherproof hotel

            Traditional grand hotel

            Guest house for diggers

            Rock garden for diggers

            Wooden Sculpture

Hotels for Large Families 

            Bumblebees and hornets

            Bumblebee castle

            Hornet hostel

Hotels for Beneficial Bugs

            Green lacewings, ladybirds & Co

            Earwig paradise

            Green lacewing box

            Ladybird hotel

            Butterfly shelter

Useful suppliers

Index

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About the Author

Dr Melanie von Orlow was born in Germany, and studied biochemistry and biology in Berlin. She now works as a freelance biologist in Berlin, capturing bee swarms and providing relocation and advisory services. She maintains a small honey farm in north Berlin where she runs courses for the next generation of beekeepers.