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Why and how to make an insect hotel?

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Blog - hotel à insectes
Blog - hotel à insectes

Insect hotel, what a funny idea! And yet, it exists, we do not invent anything! Today, the blog of Baches-Direct offers you to discover this rather unusual thing: its operation, its use and especially, the steps to create one at home! In fact, rather than hotel, we should talk about refuge. Even a useful refuge! For this is the whole point of these shelters: to set up shelters, places where to welcome useful insects from the garden, the gardener’s allies.  

Insect hotel, user manual

As allies of gardeners, insects deserve special attention from us. They do not ask for much, but just a roof to shelter, feed, reproduce. In order to welcome them and because we have every interest in retaining them too, we can offer them a modest cottage in the heart of the garden. The options are multiple and easy to achieve just for the happiness of these little creatures. Simply put, we can simply build a habitat for them from a hollow of bamboo stems, in wood logs or in straw. They can live in peace. This small fireplace allows them to protect themselves during bad weather and at the same time lay their eggs before the arrival of spring. In return for this act of generosity, these little critters offer you an incredible boost to ensure the maintenance of your green space. And yes, insects are your allies! Some at least …

The main roles of each insect

Throughout this famous collaboration, each of these insects has an exceptional asset to maintain the proper functioning of this ecosystem. Take for example solitary bees and bourbons, they volunteer to effectively pollinate flowers and fruit trees. As for aphids, which tend to destroy your garden, they will happily be hunted by earwigs and ladybugs. All this is part of an exchange of good process, that is, the construction of an insect hotel easy to realize and set up. The insect hotel promotes the biodiversity of your garden: it is a way to maintain a natural balance between fauna and flora.

Materials needed to build an insect hotel

To design a beautiful insect hotel, it is important to know in advance how it will be structured. Its size will certainly depend on where it will be installed, not to mention the height and the number of floors it will have. Building a hotel an insect does not necessarily require a big investment and you can quite realize this shelter with the means of the edge: basic materials such as wooden boards, logs, straw, hollow bricks, reed or bamboo stems, terracotta flower pots, old tarpaulins, etc. You can also climb a real refuge with floors, as the illustration photo opposite. It’s up to you! With this hotel, insects will undoubtedly appreciate your garden.