Other Swift and Bee Products
Manthorpe Dual Swift Brick
The Manthorpe Dual Swift Brick has been developed in conjunction with conservation experts, including our own Dick Newell, to provide a safe, spacious and habitable area for swifts. The design of the Dual Swift Brick allows it to work with cavity walls of 100mm or 50mm, making it ideal for modern timber frame constructions. With a double-brick granular plastic front available in buff or antique red, the Manthorpe can be installed either way round to provide left or right hand entrances.
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Takes the place of two bricks, with the coloured faces blending into the surrounding masonry.
Variant front slip option available for use with rendered walls, including entrance hole former.
Ambidextrous design can be installed with either left or right hand entrance.
Neat and simple to install, can be fitted quickly during the bricklaying or retrospectively afterwards.
The integral nesting cup provides an ideal starting point for nest building.
500cm2 of floor area gives the maximum habitable living space within the wall construction
We recommend the Manthorpe Dual Swift Brick where there is no requirement to match the external brick work and where a plastic product is suitable. For situations where a fireproof brick is required, we would recommend the AfS S-Brick
Weight: 0.68kg.
L 440mm, D
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The Swift Brick should be located high within the gable wall of the property, ideally above 4 metres high and over the level of the insulation zone. Where possible, install in locations that are unlikely to receive large amounts of direct sunlight during the hottest times of the day, ideal places include below the overhang of the verge and barge board.
There is no ‘wrong way up’ for the Dual Swift Brick, the unit can be fitted either way up to allow the entrance hole to be sited on the left or right hand side, allowing it to be tucked closely under the verge.
PLEASE ADOPT APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES WHEN INSTALLING THIS PRODUCT AT THE RECOMMENDED HEIGHT
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Solitary Bee Bricks
In the UK there are over 200 species of solitary bee, in fact they comprise 90% of our native bees.
They are incredibly important to our ecosystems as pollinators, but pesticide use and loss of habitat has put them at threat.
They are attracted to our gardens because of the nectar bearing flowers and plants. These bricks provide nesting holes for the female to lay her eggs, creating individual chambers for each one with a store of pollen.
Solitary bees are largely harmless and are safe to encourage into our gardens, with a very mild sting that they rarely use.
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Dimensions 215mm x 105mm x 65mm
Weight 2.9 kg (unpackaged)
The AfS bee brick should be positioned in a warm sunny spot, south facing, with no vegetation in front of the holes. Ideally placed at least 1 metre from the ground they can be as high as you want to locate them.
The AfS bee brick has drilled tunnels, where bees will lay their eggs, sealing the entrance with mud or chewed up vegetation. Offspring emerge in the spring and begin the process of nesting again.
The AfS bee brick provides habitat for the many species of bee in the UK which nest in cavities.
It comes in a range of colours. In some cases we can make this bespoke, but where your brick is not suitable we will find a close match in colour and texture.
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