Bug Box Kit

Encourage a range of beneficial insects into your garden and have fun making the box at the same time with our new bug box kit.

The DIY bug boxes provide you with pre-cut panels, nails and screws and simple to follow instructions. No sawing required - all you need is a hammer and a screwdriver and you can enjoy building your own bug box and providing homes, shelter and somewhere safe to hibernate for lots of useful bugs.

The kit is a great way of introducing children to all the really useful insects that help in the garden from ladybirds to solitary bees and their fascinating life cycles.

The box is nailed together with the roof attached by a screw to enable the upper compartment to be filled and checked. The kit contains all the parts for the wooden box, and then you'll need to go foraging to collect and fill the two compartments with somewhere for the insects to live.

The lower part of the box is designed to be filled with hollow sticks to provide somewhere for solitary bees to lay their eggs. This can be bamboo, hollow sticks (alder is especially good) or stems of other plants. We've even seen solitary bees using cut up drinking straws! Once you’ve collected your sticks, cut them to the right length then fill the lower part of the box with the hollow ends pointing outward. Then wait and watch. Solitary bees will lay their eggs in the hollow sticks then seal them up with mud which they collect.

The upper part of the box is great for providing somewhere dry and protected with lots of crevices for ladybirds and lacewings to tuck themselves away during the winter when they hibernate. Fill the top of the box with something like pine cones, twigs or straw which will give ladybirds and lacewings plenty of places to hide.

 Laser Etching

We’ve recently expanded our capabilities and are now able to laser etch your logo or design onto the wooden panels and let you personalise your bird and bat box kits. We just provided a customer with 100 bug box kits with their custom text and logo laser etched on the bottom of the kits as shown below. If you are interested in something similar please get in touch and let us know your requirements (mail@nestbox.co.uk). 

Due to the setup time required there is a minimum order size of 10 flatpacked kits. To provide you with an accurate quote we would need a high resolution (.png or .jpeg ideally) file of the design you would like etching onto the box along with where you would like the design placing on the box and how big you would like it to be. Any questions just drop us an email (mail@nestbox.co.uk). 

For a guide on how to construct your box please download the USER GUIDE