Only bumblebee workers and queens can sting, males can not.

Use

Suitable for pollinating area 750 to 1100sqm.

Medium hives contain approx. 50-70 worker bees and a Queen.

** If you are using in conjunction with a wooden bumblebee abode please make a note in the shipping instructions when ordering online. **

Remarks

As a general guide we suggest the following for greenhouse/indoor use; -less than 750sqm 1x small hive -750sqm to 1100sqm 1x medium hive -1100 to 1500sqm 1x large hive

Courgette flowers generally produce plenty of liquid nectar which attracts the bees and which makes it unnecessary to provide sugar syrup such as is needed in some other crops.

The pollen of courgettes is stringy and has very large grains, and bumblebees have difficulty collecting it. This means that to maintain the hive vigour you must feed pollen to the hive every couple of days. Zonda provide fresh-frozen bee-collected pollen granules which can be sprinkled on the ventilated section on top of the plastic hive under the cardboard lid. Use about one teaspoon every 1 or 2 days. Store the pollen in deep-freeze.

Any combine shipping or multiple items, please check the shipping cost with us if the deliver address is not Auckland- no rural. Thanks