Gunjana Bamboo Bee House

Invite pollinators to your yard or garden with this charming handcrafted bee house. Featuring natural bamboo nesting tubes that can be removed for cleaning, a sturdy wire frame and colorful recycled sari fabric accents, each one adds artisan-made beauty while supporting beneficial bees. 

Materials: Bamboo, Sari, Wire

Measures: 6"H x 6.5"W x 8"D, Hanger: 4"L

Colors: Assorted, Varies Widely

Care: Careful weather management is suggested to protect developing larvae. Place bee house in a south or southeast-facing, sunny and dry location to provide necessary warmth. Should be shielded from strong winds and tilted slightly forward to drain moisture. Store in unheated space for winter.

Notes: Bamboo pieces are designed to be removable for cleaning and replacement as needed. This is not a sign of product defect.

Maker Group: Prokritee

Prokritee (meaning "nature" in Bengali) manages several handicraft enterprises and helps other groups sell their products in local and foreign markets. Prokritee and its enterprises provide jobs for poor rural women. By providing jobs for women, Prokritee improves women’s standard of living and helps them send their children to school. The organization provides skills development training to artisans. Prokritee creates and promotes income–generating projects that benefit the artisans, adhere to good safety and environmental standards, and have the potential to become self–reliant. Prokritee was established in 2001 as an independent organization. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from Prokritee and its predecessor MCC Bangladesh since 1986.