These two versions of Homebee Honeyhive Kits are a great entry point into the traditional country pursuit of bee-keeping and as each honey bee hive comes complete with a full information booklet, bee-keeping starter kit and details of bee-keeping courses, equipment and bee suppliers, you'll be on your way to collecting your own fresh, home-made honey in no time!

The Homebee Honeyhive Kits are available in both Top Bar and traditional 'WBC' frames and foundation form and are manufactured from FSC certified timber in that distinctive, 'Olde English' hexagonal style but it's not only looks and back-up support that make these Homebee Honeyhive Kits so popular; they provide a 'minimum intervention', family-friendly bee-keeping experience when the honey is only taken after the winter from excess. Ideal as a gift, these traditional beehives are simple to assemble (one screwdriver and three screws), are double skinned to provide winter insulation and feature a detachable sealed timber roof. Each Homebee Honeyhive Kit panel measures 27cm in width and the hives stand 80cm in height (including legs), providing both an attractive, interesting, educational and fully working addition to your garden.

Introduce a strict door policy to your Beepol Bumblebee Lodge with the Wax Moth Prevention Kit, a simple screw-on security measure which protects your bees from this natural predator.

Prevention is definitely better than cure in the case of the wax moth with treatment of moth-infested hives proving very difficult at best and in some cases impossible, but the clever wax moth prevention kit 'bee flap' ensures the adult moths remain safely outside the hive. Simply align the entry hole in the wax moth prevention kit with that in the front of the Beepol bumbleebee lodge and screw into place to keep your bees protected all season long.

The Beepol Bumblebee Lodge provides an attractive, long lasting, safe and secure home for the hardworking bumblebee, an asset to every garden and a pollinator par excellence!

Based on traditional bee hive designs, the Beepol Lodge has been hand crafted in the UK from durable FSC timber and houses the Beepol hive consisting of a UK native queen bee and 40 to 50 workers - along with eggs - all primed and ready to pollinate and therefore increase the yields of your garden and greenhouse fruit, vegetables and flowers for the summer!

Although bumblebee colonies do not continue through the winter in the same way as honeybees do, the queen included in the Beepol hive - which is also suitable for placing directly in the garden - will produce new queens before she dies. Along with a natural fungicide-based lodge cleaning kit (supplied in a ready-to-spray 500ml bottle and ideal for preparing the wooden lodge for a new hive) there's a tree mounted version of the Beepol Bumblebee Lodge available for use in public gardens and if children and pets are likely to show a little too much interest in a hive on the ground...!

We've even introduced a Beepol Bumblebee Lodge and Voucher option so you can order your lodge and send off the voucher when you'd like to receive the bees - an ideal gift for any wildlife enthusiast, gardener or anyone who likes to enjoy the sight, sounds and benefits of British Bumblebees hard at work in their garden.

Beepol Hives will now be despatched from March 2012.

The GIMA award-winning Mini Bugs Bug Box is designed for children but we're convinced they'll be some bigger kids after this fun, educational and stunningly well-made (it's FSC approved) garden insect home.

The Mini Bug Box provides the perfect winter home for winter hibernation home and summer hang out for creaturtes such as lacewqings, ladybirds and docile solitary bees and also represents the perfect platform to observe them and learn all about their habits. Supplied complete with instructions on how to set up and where to position, the Mini Bugs Bug Box also comes with a 16-page 'Project Booklet' which helps identify common garden insects and let you log where you found them. The Ladybird Log version is also available and makes a wonderful present and as The Mini Bugs Bug Box is simple to prepare, bright and colourful and almost guaranteed to house insects, we're sure you'll get the gardening bug!

The Mini Bugs Ladybird Log will prove popular with the gardener's oldest ally - and whether you call them ladybugs, lady beetles or even the delightful Bisheybarneybee (from Norfolk!) one thing is for certain; they'll all be extremely thankful for the protection and shelter provided by this solid FSC birch log.

Measuring 19cm in height, 8cm wide and 8cm deep, the hi-rise Ladybird Log Tower has a welcoming hollowed-out centre which can be filled with straw and bedding - or the ear of wheat supplied - to create a cosy winter refuge. The ladybirds and lacewings which move in will recharge their batteries are come out in spring with all guns blazing - aphids beware! You'll be able to witness these much-loved creatures and how nature works at close hand with the ladybird house and you can also enjoy a steady flow of summer visitors too - a bit like a ladybird bed and breakfast! Your Mini Bugs Ladybird Log comes complete with siting and care instructions and a 16-page ladybird workbook to help you get the most from these garden good guys!

Ladybirds and bees work hard in the garden, so it's only fair to reward them with a comfy place to live - and the Bee and Ladybird Box is all that and more! The box is made from cedar which is renowned for resisting rotting, damage from water and warping and siting it close to vegetation and ground cover will have the solitary bees and ladybirds making a 'beeline' for their new home!

This cedar Lacewing Chamber provides a snug winter retreat for delicate but ravenous lacewings and refreshed after a safe winter's hibernation, they'll soon be munching away on garden pests such as aphids, red spider mite, thrips, whitefly and even caterpillar eggs come spring. Introducing the chamber can boost the lacewing winter survival rate by as much as 90%,

This frost resistant ceramic frog and toad house, the 'Frogitat', with a mottled and part glazed finish, sits prettily when sited in a shady and damp area. The open front is cool in the summer whilst the ‘over-wintering shelf’ inside is warm for winter, after which they’ll appear just in time to eat slugs and snails. An attractive garden feature in its own right and an asset to the garden environment.

The Ladybird Log Tower will encourage the beneficial ladybirds into your garden - an adult ladybird may eat up to 5000 aphids during its lifetime - attracting ladybirds into the garden is a must for anyone with an aphid problem.

"Designed to make it easy to create an attractive environment for ladybirds, this tower has a central chamber filled with natural material. Chamber holes are drilled at an upward angle leading into the centre. It has a ground pole (NB.attached to the back of the tower when packed), so can be sited in your lawn. flower bed or even a planter."
'Buyers' Guide - 'Home Sweet Home', Garden Answers, August 2008

The Insect Theatre has a unique solar lighting system which automatically lights up at dusk to attract the moths, lacewings, butterflies and other interesting flying insects to leave you with much to study when it turns off at dawn. Complete with side door to add material and to remove insects and several solitary Bee nesting holes.