Supporting habitats for pollinators

Our insect hotels
create habitats for wild bees

Our idea

In 2025, we once again dedicated our efforts to projects focused on nature conservation and biodiversity. By building insect hotels, we help create additional nesting and shelter opportunities for wild bees, beetles and other beneficial insects. At a time when natural habitats are becoming increasingly limited, these structures provide valuable spaces for a variety of species.

The project

Bees are indispensable helpers in our natural world. With their pollination work, they play a key role in ensuring biodiversity and the production of many foods.

However, wild bees and other insects are finding fewer and fewer habitats. The reasons for this are monocultures, intensive agriculture and the lack of suitable nesting sites.

Insect hotels are a simple but effective measure to support wild bees. They offer them a protected place to breed – an important help for other species that depend on natural nesting sites.

Each insect hotel thus creates additional habitat and actively contributes to the protection of biodiversity.

Our mission

On 15 May, we used the afternoon of our bmp team day to build insect hotels together. In small groups, we went through five stations where we used our manual skills and a lot of creativity to create unique hiding places for insects.

Bamboo breeding grounds

Firstly, we cut bamboo tubes to the right length and cleaned them thoroughly. They form the centrepiece of the nesting tubes and serve as a safe breeding ground for the insects.

Breeding sites in wooden blocks

In this station, additional holes created further breeding sites. We had to ensure that there was sufficient space between the holes – for more ‘privacy’. The edges also had to be carefully smoothed to avoid injuring the sensitive insect wings.

Basic structure

The basic structure of the insect hotel consisted of wooden boxes that were pre-drilled and then screwed together.

Roof

We installed a roof to protect the interior from rain and the elements. Water-repellent pieces of wood should protect the insect hotel even better from moisture and keep the interior dry even in bad weather.

Creative design

Finally, each team was able to design the insect hotel according to their own ideas – with colours, shapes and individual details. This resulted in small works of art that make each hotel unique and reflect the signature of the respective group.

Thanks to great teamwork and craftsmanship, functional and creative insect hotels were created that will now serve as breeding grounds and new homes for many insects.