We have loads of bugs. I just think the insect hotels are a gimmick here. If it wasn't a spider in there, it would be an earwig, and they're already everywhere.

We have loads of bugs. I just think the insect hotels are a gimmick here. If it wasn't a spider in there, it would be an earwig, and they're already everywhere. Bees and heat are probably my issues in the garden - lack of pollinators and dried stamen. Some vegetables have gone from trivial to grow, to can't fruit properly at all, in the space of 2-3 years. I filmed the other month in a garden that was absolutely flooded with bees. I'm working on copying some of the flowering plants they had. Saw a blue-banded bee there for the first time in my life: https://bit.ly/3i7kgiy https://bit.ly/3i7kgiy