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Hello all.
I wasn't sure whether to put this one in the DIY section - I guess it would go equally well in either.
I made a new bee hotel. I might (but only if pushed) concede that this is overkill.
It's 38½" wide by 46" high and 8" deep. It's so big I've only part filled it so far. I need a load more bamboo (I got that lot in the top right from a mate who'd cut some down, so every piece has been hand cut, drilled and sanded). The big log in the top left won't be drilled (I think there are enough holes), but split into many smaller fragments so there'll be loads of gaps. I've got to finish drilling holes in the stone blocks bottom left, but my masonry bits are suffering.
The frame's made of 8"x4" timber, so I could drill loads of holes in it without affecting the structural integrity. It was a 2-man lift to get it in position, even with nothing in it.
I have two empty sections. One I planned to fill with small sticks that are not hollow, but I'm open to ideas as to what to put in the other section. Straw perhaps (behind mesh like the pine cones).
I was inspired by this absolute work of genius I saw in Barcelona:
As always, barely a penny spent (apart from about £1000 worth of electricity drilling the holes
). I'm jiggered - it's taken flippin' ages. 
There were bees moving in before I'd even finished it.
MBE
I wasn't sure whether to put this one in the DIY section - I guess it would go equally well in either.
I made a new bee hotel. I might (but only if pushed) concede that this is overkill.
It's 38½" wide by 46" high and 8" deep. It's so big I've only part filled it so far. I need a load more bamboo (I got that lot in the top right from a mate who'd cut some down, so every piece has been hand cut, drilled and sanded). The big log in the top left won't be drilled (I think there are enough holes), but split into many smaller fragments so there'll be loads of gaps. I've got to finish drilling holes in the stone blocks bottom left, but my masonry bits are suffering.
The frame's made of 8"x4" timber, so I could drill loads of holes in it without affecting the structural integrity. It was a 2-man lift to get it in position, even with nothing in it.
I have two empty sections. One I planned to fill with small sticks that are not hollow, but I'm open to ideas as to what to put in the other section. Straw perhaps (behind mesh like the pine cones).
I was inspired by this absolute work of genius I saw in Barcelona:
As always, barely a penny spent (apart from about £1000 worth of electricity drilling the holes
). I'm jiggered - it's taken flippin' ages. There were bees moving in before I'd even finished it.
MBE
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