{"id":7132,"date":"2024-10-10T17:11:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/?p=7132"},"modified":"2024-10-10T17:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:18:49","slug":"accommodating-mini-beasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/2024\/10\/10\/accommodating-mini-beasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Accommodating Mini-Beasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5>A group of Crosby\u2019s Soroptimists spent a morning building hotels \u2026 for bugs.<\/h5>\n<p>Into wooden boxes the Soroptimists packed twigs, bark, pinecones, drilled logs and grass stems. Rosemary sprigs went into crevices. There was much hammering as everything was made secure and ready for new occupants.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;white&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;3&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1728577069913-fce8b3f0-a839-0&#8243; include=&#8221;7138,7136,7133,7145&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SI Crosby is aiming to \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/our-projects\/bee-friendly-for-bees\/\">bee friendly for bees<\/a>\u2019. Mason bees and other solitary varieties \u2013 as well as ladybirds, butterflies, woodlice, etc &#8211; \u00a0must find a warm, dry space in which to build their nests and hibernate over the winter. 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