Bee rescue

Ah, lovely story

If we leave the door open we get inundated too....even the odd swallow that takes a wrong turn so I made net curtains for the outside doors we like open.
Very easy, buy a length of netting from the market....(.the sort that makes skirts stick out)
machine or sew the top and bottom, leaving room at the top for a wire curtain holder and at the bottom for a length of curtain weight.
A couple of hooks and eyes and they lasted all summer, now washed ready for next years (hot)summer

Well done you, Stera, what a good day! Lovely to help the wildlife, and our Robin thought so too - hovering close by as we sowed grass seed and then helping himself :))

You Should Be Very Happy With Your self That Was A Great Thing to Do. And the Little Robin You Were Lucky To Here That Lovely song. I Have One In My Garden and she / or He Loves To Sing .

Do I detect a tongue in a cheek Snoop? I do this on a regular basis!
Good idea Pam - I keep thinking about doing something similar but never get round to it - not sure how to fasten rails to a PVC frame.

Thanks Sheila and Lynda - yes it was a very rewarding afternoon! And I think everybody loves robins. I thought about Terra's lovely robin pics, but can't compete!

Well maybe that's a good idea - any suggestions? I don't take any garden magazines so wouldn't know where to start.

Great job Stera. Not only do you rescue the bee, you get the feel good factor too.
Maybe writing to the bumblebee conservation trust might set the ball rolling.
Incidentally, you can buy adhesive hooks for UPVC frames.

Lovely story Stera............well done, giving the bee a taste of his own medicine!!! ha ha. I too have heard the robin tut tut..ing his winter sound, I suppose they must practise so they look good to their girlfriends! Lol x

Thanks for the info Scottish. I'll write to the Trust and look out for the hooks!

good for you, Stera! i think a lot of paople (non GoYers or gardeners) would just have walloped it.

I have a curtain at my back door: just a net curtain bought from Ikea; I need to get it cut to size and hemmed, and put some weight on the bottom, but it keeps most of the insects out - unless I forget and pull it aside while I'm doing a lot of in-and-out-ing

Ah yes a curtain - been thinking about doing that for the past seven years... If I added up the time spend catching butterflies etc and sweeping up dead flies I'd have had time to go and buy some net and make one!

I have windows that pivot in the middle; the top comes in, the bottom goes out. impossible to fit nets over them that cover the spaces when they're open, so I had curtain wires put up halfway up on the inside and at the top on the outisde; put half-curtains on each so that evenw hen the wondow's wide open, the nets should still act as insect screens. I'm useless at cutting in straight lines (just as I am at sawing straight lines, and I've posted pics to prove it!) so I've only got the bottoms covered, still waiting for help to cut more. And then hem them on my old hand-turned sewing machine ... might be easier to fix fine metal or nylon mesh instead!

I guess those windows have their pros and cons! Your solution is very ingenious, but then you are a very ingenious person and I'm constantly amazed by all the ideas you have....I'm sure you're right that mesh would be a lot easier! The Americans have special screens don't they, but I've never been there so haven't seen what they're like.

*blushes modestly* aww, shucks! (as they say in the Movies). i have lots of ideas, but no practical way to put most of them into action *s* been looking for a partner to make our mutual fortune.

I've only seen screen doors in films and tv and such - but then, they have more nasties there than we do, or so it seems. the only porob with having screens at the windows is having to take them down to clean the glass - whereupon, I suppose, everything would crowd in that you've been trying to keep out!

Steragram - you deserve a First Aid Certificate for resuscitation to Bees. I think that little Robin was singing to you to say 'Thank You.

I have bought the door screen before and it does work. Some shops (£land) sell ones for windows too. You can also find both on Google and Amazon. If you are good at carpentry, you can make a door frame and screen yourself.

You must be joking! All I can make is a mess unfortunately. I don't suppose £land will still have them at this time of year - will try to remember to look next season. Thanks for the tip.