The Loxley Bug Hotel

There are over 200 species of solitary bees in the UK and most are useful pollinators in the garden.

This natural wooden home provides an artificial nesting site for wild bees, there are holes of various sizes to encourage different species to lay their eggs. Bees will be active from early spring with eggs being laid in the holes and the larvae will develop over the winter and then emerge as adult bees in the next spring. Once in use bees may come back to the same home year after year.

The box needs to be about 1-2 m above the ground in a sheltered site, ideally catching some morning sun, a nectar source nearby may help but is not critical as they can forage widely and take a diverse range of pollen.

Made from recycled wood, this is our standard high rise hotel which is available for you to create with your own materials.  We can create a unique bug hotel to your specification if desired. Email for further information.

This is the Loxley Groovy Garden Bug Hotel, it is made from all recycled wood products; oak bottoms with reused fence panels, scaffold planks and firewood. The hotel contents are full of lovely groovy stuff foraged locally. Whilst the outside is of standard construction and size, the insides are varied depending on what is available. This material provides a habitat for a variety of garden bugs particularly, lacewings, ladybirds and solitary bees.

We make two sizes; small (49 x 36 cm), and large (58 x 36 cm). 

Each are handmade to order and can take up to 6 weeks to make.

If you are interested in a bespoke hotel of a specific size please do get in touch.

Small Hotel – £70.00 Weight: approximately 3.7kg

Large Hotel – £85.00 Weight: approximately 6.3 kg

Our prices do not include delivery, however, we can arrange delivery at an additional charge