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Six-Chamber Insect Hotel
400 × 250 × 400 mm, six heat-treated refillable chambers, engraved logo, retail boxed, quoted per drawing.
Product category
Insect hotels, bird houses and bat boxes. The niche nobody is serving wholesale
Biodiversity mandates, school programmes, corporate-gifting and garden-centre pollinator aisles all created real demand. Retail SERPs are dominated by thin Amazon listings; almost nobody has a factory page with filling specifications, so this category is where a new site earns its first links.
- Lines6 lines
- MOQ from300 pcs
- Lead time25–35 d
- HSHS 4421
- Customdrawing or sample
The short answer
We manufacture insect hotels, bug houses, bird houses, mason-bee blocks and bat boxes for wholesale. MOQ 300 pcs, refillable natural fillings, OEM branding and retail box, quoted per drawing for a 400 × 250 mm hotel.
Range at a glance
Formats, filling recipes and shelf placement
Filling recipe matters more than the box: buyers return hotels that arrive with powder Beetle-damaged bamboo. We sort, kiln and grade every filling.
| Line | Material | Typical size / section | Finish | MOQ | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic framed insect hotel | Spruce frame, 40 mm | 400 × 250 × 400 mm | 6-chamber: bamboo, fir cones, straw, bricks | 300 | 4421 |
| Large wall hotel | Pine frame + back panel | 800 × 300 × 600 mm | 8-chamber, replaceable trays | 150 | 4421 |
| Hanging bug house | Coconut-fibre or wood shell | Ø 200 × 300 mm | bamboo tubes, sawn log drill holes | 500 | 4421 |
| Mason-bee block | Untreated beech / acacia | 240 × 120 × 120 mm | drilled nest holes, 6 mm/8 mm | 500 | 4421 |
| Bird house | 15 mm spruce or ply | 200 × 200 × 300 mm | entrance hole 28 / 32 mm, clean-out door | 300 | 4421 |
| Bat box | Rough-sawn ply, grooved interior | 400 × 150 × 250 mm | crevice 15 mm, untreated | 200 | 4421 |
All dimensions to customer drawing; tolerance ±1.0 mm on cut parts, ±2.0 mm on assembled flat-pack. Every offer is built from species, finish, packing and freight at the time of the quote — there is no published list price.
Specification depth
Specification details that stop a hotel becoming a pile of dust
Natural fillings are living material: bamboo must be mature and split, cones must be kiln-dried to kill larvae, straw must be pest-free or it arrives as an infestation at your warehouse. Every chamber we ship is heat-conditioned and inspected.
- Kiln step: 60 °C / 30 min core on all organic fillings. This is the equivalent discipline to ISPM-15, and we document it.
- Bamboo grading: 3-year+ moso or fendler, wall thickness above 3 mm, split diameters 6–10 mm, cut length 150–200 mm, no green culm (mould risk).
- Frame joints: mortise-tenon or dowel + screw, never staple-only; the front is retained by a removable pin so chambers refill.
- Back panel + hanging kit: standard on wall models, keyhole or rope hanger, plus a screw-and-plug pack for retail.
- Optional science: assembly-free 'build your own' school kits with species cards, and hotel + native-seed-packet bundles for garden centres.
Built for these buyers
Who buys this category, and why they cannot find a supplier
- Garden centres & DIY banners: spring programme, pollinator aisle, retail box with hanging rail and shelf strip; 2–4 SKU mix per pallet.
- Local authorities & schools: biodiversity-tender packs, 100–500 pcs, with species information sheet in the local language.
- Corporate gifting & CSR: mini hotels with laser-engraved logo panel, boxed, 300–1,000 pcs, ordered March–April.
- Online sellers: high perceived value, low weight, parcel-friendly, one of the few wood categories where a small brand clears a healthy margin from a carton.
Trade terms
| Term | Our standard |
|---|---|
| MOQ | 500 pcs per design; mixed container accepted: as low as 100 pcs per size |
| Sample | 5–7 working days, freight collect; tooling credit on first PO |
| Lead time | 30–45 days after confirmed sample + 30% deposit |
| Incoterms | FOB Lianyungang / Shanghai standard; CIF, DAP, DDP on request |
| Payment | 30% T/T, 70% against B/L copy; irrevocable L/C at sight for larger contracts |
| Inspection | SGS / BV / our own AQL 2.5 pre-shipment report, free of charge |
| Market | Entry requirement we document |
|---|---|
| European Union | Timber: EUDR DDS from 30 Dec 2026; organic fillings declared heat-treated; EN 71-3 for school items |
| United States | Lacey Act declaration for plant material; no USDA quarantine on kiln-dried processed bamboo and cones. We supply the treatment record |
| United Kingdom | Bat-box listings commonly sold by conservation groups; no licence needed to sell boxes, only to handle bats |
| Australia / NZ | Biosecurity scrutiny on organic fillings. Bark, cones and straw need declared heat treatment; we quote a bamboo-free recipe for these markets |
Landed-cost example: a 40'HQ of this category typically lands 18–34% above FOB once freight, duty and port handling are included. We build the packing list to maximise cube. Ask for the CBM per 40'HQ sheet.
FAQ
Category questions we get in every RFQ thread
The answers below are the ones we give on the phone. Anything missing, ask on WhatsApp.
Is an insect hotel a real product line, or a novelty?
Real and growing: garden centres run dedicated pollinator aisles, UK and Dutch councils buy in tender volumes for biodiversity plans, and schools order kit packs every spring. It is also one of the highest-margin wood categories per shipped kilogram, because buyers pay for the story, not the board feet.
Will bamboo and cones arrive mouldy or beetle-infested?
Not with our process. All organic fill is heat-conditioned at 60 °C core for 30 minutes, sorted, and packed with a moisture reading below 14 %. Cartons carry a lot code so a single chamber can be traced to its treatment batch — we have never had a mould claim on 41 shipments since 2022.
Can you make a design that matches our brand?
Yes: shape, chamber count, colour, engraved logo panel, printed sleeve box, and species information leaflet in your language. Bring a sketch or a competitor photo and we return a 3-D mock-up and cost in 48 hours. Custom tooling is usually unnecessary — this is CNC and panel-saw work.
What is the seasonal order calendar?
Order June–October for a February–March shelf date. Cluster capacity tightens in November (Christmas décor) and lead times stretch to 45 days; a July order locks the timber price and the slot.
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Get the insect hotels, bird houses & wildlife catalogue and spec pack
Tell us target retail or landed cost and we reverse-engineer the build: species, thickness, finish, packing.
JGJeffrey GuExport manager · your account owner