Some years ago, during my studies of beneficial insects in gardens, my graduate advisor returned from Germany with a well-chosen gift: Das Insektenhotel, a book about "insect hotels," constructed habitats for insects. One look at the charming illustration on the book's cover, and I knew I must have a hotel in my garden. I was familiar with bee blocks, designed to accommodate nesting orchard mason bees, but this book's author suggested that hotel lodgers could include a wide variety of pollinators andother garden allies. Das Insektenhotel is packed with detailed plans for insect homes, charts of plants that provide pollen and nectar, and details of the natural history of beneficial insects that may use hotels (including many common insects found inEurope, North America, and elsewhere). Despite my rudimentary German language skills, Das Insektenhotel quickly earned a favored place on my bookshelf. With its most relevant passages translated, it is likely to remain my best reference on the subject.
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机译：几年前，在我研究花园中的有益昆虫的过程中，我的研究生顾问从德国返回，当时送来了精心挑选的礼物：Das Insektenhotel，这是一本有关“昆虫旅馆”的书，是昆虫的栖息地。一看书封面上的迷人插图，我就知道我的花园里一定有旅馆。我熟悉用来容纳巢式果园梅森蜜蜂的蜂巢，但是这本书的作者建议旅馆住客可以包括各种各样的授粉媒介和其他花园盟友。 Das Insektenhotel载有昆虫住所的详细计划，提供花粉和花蜜的植物图以及可能使用旅馆的有益昆虫的自然历史细节（包括在欧洲，北美和其他地方发现的许多常见昆虫）。尽管我的德语水平很低，但Das Insektenhotel很快在我的书架上赢得了青睐。翻译了最相关的文章后，它可能仍然是我对该主题的最佳参考。
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