Instar Wild Bee Home

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Instar takes many of the same design elements from Imago, but simplifies the build and reduces the size slightly. Like all of our homes, it is built with the same level of quality, materials and attention. Its name comes from the intermediate stages of a bee's development.

The small number of bee blocks is intentional: rather than base our design off those used in agriculture, which require considerable maintenance to keep the population healthy, we based ours on the time-tested approach used by research scientists to study wild bees. With only a handful of nesting sites, you can monitor nature without having to worry about whether mites and parasitic wasps are growing out of control.

We make Instar using lock miter joints on the house body, as well as hand-made solid oak dowels to support the nesting blocks. The sides of Instar are made from flatsawn white oak, while the back in made from quartersawn for stability.

Each home comes with a mount to attach it to an existing wooden structure or tree, and a post is available for purchase separately if required.