Hibernacula Habitat Towers in the city
We installed these striking hibernacula habitat towers at St. Alphage gardens next to London wall to encourage bees and invertebrates in the heart of the city of London. The work is part of a rejuvenation project for the historic gardens which are regarded as a site of considerable historic complexity and significance. Bordered by the Roman and Medieval Wall, the gardens are protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
We assembled these special made steel frames and boxes and filled them with various size logs and bamboo shoots to create the habitats. By creating numerous holes ranging between 0-10mm they will attract a variety of species.
Invertebrates are an important source of food for most bigger vertebrates, and help in the biological control of other pests. This maintains the ecological balance in the environment. Along with bees they aid in pollination which is vital for our food supply, decomposition of dead matter, and some are also valuable environmental indicators.
Hibernaculum Habitat Towers ni ngome ya hibernaculum iliyowekwa katika bustani ya St Alphage karibu na ukuta wa London, London, Uingereza. Kazi ni sehemu ya mradi wa ujasiriamali kwa ajili ya bustani ya kihistoria ambayo ni kuchukuliwa kama tovuti ya utata mkubwa wa kihistoria na umuhimu. Mbuga hizo, ambazo zinazungukwa na ukuta wa Roma na wa Enzi za Kati, zimelindwa kama Mnara wa Ukumbusho wa Kale. "Tuliweka mifumo na masanduku ya chuma na kuyajaza kwa mbao na shina la mianzi ya ukubwa mbalimbali ili kutengeneza makazi.""" Kwa kutengeneza mashimo mengi kati ya 0-10mm, watavutia spishi mbalimbali. Wanyama wasio na uti wa mgongo ni chanzo muhimu cha chakula kwa wanyama wengi wenye uti wa mgongo wakubwa, na husaidia kudhibiti wadudu wengine. Hilo huhifadhi usawaziko wa kiikolojia katika mazingira. Pamoja na nyuki, wao husaidia katika pollination ambayo ni muhimu kwa ajili ya ugavi wetu wa chakula, uharibifu wa vitu vifu, na baadhi pia ni viashiria muhimu ya mazingira.