Description
insectenhotel botanische Tuin Utrecht
Samenvatting (Dutch description)
The Utrecht University Botanic Gardens are the largest academic botanical garden in the Netherlands with an area of 100,000 m2. A visit will give you fresh perspective on the world. Among more than 10,000 plant species from all over the world, you will discover something new every day
Next to the Discovery Garden you will find an area where the conditions have been made as favourable as possible for all kinds of insects and small animals. These include frogs, dragonflies and damselflies, butterflies and bees. Nectar plants provide food for many of the insects.
Here you will find a Bee hotel for solitary bees and some beehives for domestic bees. The honey is for sale in our shop but due to hight demand, might be sold out though!
At the back of the area there is a breeding site for grass snakes. Empty eggshells can be found here and visitors and staff at the Botanic Gardens occasionally see young snakes. This indigenous species is not poisonous and is extremely shy so it is a real treat when you get to see them.
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