Testing Designs & Materials

Foam Covers For Insulation
Some people use a cover in winter to provide some insulation for their native bee hive. The most common cover is the styrofoam broccoli box. There’s two methods used: One issue with insulation is that if the colony is weak it will be colder. Adding insulation could make it in
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Observation Bee Hotel
Following the progress of resin bees and wasps as they populate and develop in the observation bee hotel. Photo below: 26/12/2024. The top cavity is all Resin Bee Larvae. The lower cavity has been provisioned by a Mud Wasp with Fly Larvae? Then a Resin Bee has taken over the cavity with two cells so far. Photos below: Resin Bee development photos for the one circled in the top cavity. It’s around two months from egg compared to the one month for the Wasp. Towards the later stages it’s difficult to see because of the cellophane wrapping around the cell. Photos below: Mud Wasp developing. Photos taken every two days. Not a strict timeline, but from an egg around December 20 and emerging January 18, roughly four weeks for the