Mayo North East Tus participants completed their first bug hotel at St. Joseph’s NS, Rehins, Ballina, to coinside with National Biodiversity Week 2019.
The hotel will attract beneficial insects and bees. At any given time a garden might contain over 2,000 species of insects. Some are pests (they destroy your flowers and vegetables), but many others are beneficia, the kind you want to attract because they work with you to control pests and pollinate flowers.
Beneficial insects support biodiversity, the foundation for the world’s ecological balance. An insect hotel offers them a space where they can propagate and hunker down for the winter. Encouraging biodiversity in the garden helps to increase ecosystem productivity.
Thanks to the TUS guys for all the help. #TUS #biodiversity #Ballina
The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2018-2022 is funded by the Irish Government and co-funded by the European Social Fund and includes a special allocation under the Youth Employment Initiative.
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