American Bee House (Wood 3D Printed)
Channel: Drachen Cave
Date: 2024-04-06

Custom 3D printed wood bee hotel in the shape of the USA flag. American flag-inspired wood 3D printed bee house designed to use replaceable cardboard tubes. For solitary bees, such as mason, orchard, leaf-cutter, or carpenter, etc. See links below for the 3D model.

Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:11 - Darkwood PLA
00:21 - 3D model slicing in Cura
00:50 - Ender5-Plus timelapse
02:38 - Printing complete
02:57 - Summary

Ender5-Plus
Priline Darkwood PLA

American Bee House (Printables)
https://www.printables.com/model/64577-american-bee-house

American Bee House (Thangs)
https://thangs.com/designer/drachenfire84/3d-model/American%20Bee%20House-15678

Recommend reading about managing a bee hotel to help care for bees all season long, such as tips from Michigan State University Extension: Building and Managing Bee Hotels for Wild Bees. I have no affiliation with Michigan State University.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAKRUm37s2pYu56EGtavNPJt4xJ1CqL8/view?usp=sharing

This bee house can be mounted with a 2.5in or larger nail or screw. It has a sloped roof design that extends to overhang the tubes for rain protection. The house was designed for bee cardboard insert tubes 135mm long and 8mm diameter. Up to 111 tubes can fit in the model. Space can be used in the ‘stripes’ of the model to fill with bee nest building material instead of tubes. Recommend the Rivajam cardboard replacement tubes, available direct or through Amazon. Important to get the replacement tubes, not the guard tubes (the guard tubes are larger). This model provides the guarding needed for the replacement tubes. I have no affiliation with Rivajam.
https://rivajam.com/product/rivajam-bee-nesting-paper-inserts-125-piece-pack-of-paper-inserts/