By A Byelaw In The UK, Every New House Over 5 Meters Tall,

will have to have at least one of these,

if you live in Brighton or Hove in Sussex, photograph Green&Blue, I should mention each home must not only have bee bricks, but each home must by a local byelaw have a swift box, the council in Brighton has passed a planning condition that means any new building more than five meters high will have to include swift boxes and special bricks with holes known as bee bricks, they will provide nesting and hibernating space for solitary bees, there are about 270 species of bee in Britain, just under 250 of which are solitary bees that live alone, and it is these solitary bees that the council is trying to help, most of these solitary bees in Britain are highly diverse, and so are their nesting habits, most British species nest in the ground, excavating their own nest,

the hope is I guess, that their habits will change and they will use the bricks, but there are experts that warn that the bricks must be kept clean, and in fact could do more harm than good, Dave Goulson, a professor of biology at the University of Sussex, said he had tried a bee brick out and that the holes were not deep enough to be “ideal homes for bees” but “are probably better than nothing”, He added: “Bee bricks seem like a displacement activity to me. We are kidding ourselves if we think having one of these in every house is going to make any real difference for biodiversity. Far more substantial action is needed, and these bricks could easily be used as ‘greenwash’ by developers.” I just hope anyone buying a new 'green home', with these bricks does not have an allergic reaction to bee stings, it is a fact that in the UK 2 - 9 people a year die due to bee or wasp stings, well good or bad, it makes no difference, if you want a new build home over 5 meters tall in Brighton or Hove, you will have lots of bees as your guests!