Turning Trash into an Insect Hotel + First Guests!

The first visitors to my DIY bug hotel! Here’s what an insect hotel in use looks like. Turn trash into an insect hotel for solitary bees and wasps. Here I’m using an empty Pringles can and hollow and dry cow parsley stems. If you want the insect hotel to be more decorative, you can paint the outside with acrylics like I’m doing here. I opted for a wildflower pattern. Solitary bees and wasps are native pollinators that are in decline and need our help. They don’t sting easily like community wasps, so it’s safe to lure them into your garden or balcony. They need long tubes or drilled holes to make their nests and lay their eggs in. It was slow at the bug hotel at first but on a hot day, it finally started getting booked. Watch next (I made a reed insect hotel) → Painting a DIY Pringles Can Bug Hotel for Pollinators:    • Painting a DIY Pringles Can Bug Hotel for ...   DIY Nature Crafts Ideas:    • DIY Nature Crafts   BUG HOTEL TIPS • holes should be 4, 6, 8 and 10 mm wide • place 1 - 1.5 m high • facing south, so moisture dries fast in the morning • not in harsh or direct sunlight • can’t get wet / covered in snow in the winter (but keep outside temperature) SOLITARY BEE/WASP LIFECYCLE 1)Mating in the spring/summer 2) Female builds nest 3) Lays eggs and gathers food into chambers inside the hole 4) Larva hatches and eats in the summer 5) Spends the winter as a pupa 6) Adult comes out in the spring / early summer ---------------------------------------------------------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Different pollinators 0:41 Cutting and priming Pringles can for bug hotel 1:06 Honey bees vs solitary bees 2:34 Painting wildflowers on the insect hotel 4:46 Varnishing the insect hotel 5:14 Cow parsley vs reed as tubes 6:49 First insect hotel visitors! 8:50 Hanging the finished DIY bug hotel ---------------------------------------------------------------- MATERIALS • empty Pringles cans • can opener • pliers • dry cow parsley stems • cutters • iron wire / string PAINTING SUPPLIES • *Liquitex Basics Acrylic Gesso https://amzn.to/2WZTYRl • *Gold Line Acrylic Brush Set https://amzn.to/2SJT4XT • *Plus Color Craft Paint https://amzn.to/2JkEX71, https://amzn.to/2tQwAcB • Novacraft white acrylic paint https://www.novacraft.fi/akryylimaali... • Crelando acrylic paints, Lidl • Måla paint brushes, Ikea • *Liquitex Professional Matte Varnish https://amzn.to/3vnyp4x ► *Try Amazon Prime 30-Day Free Trial for Free Premium Delivery: https://amzn.to/38sM3T2 DISCLAIMER Links marked with * are affiliate/referral links that let you support the channel at no extra cost to you. ---------------------------------------------------------------- IMAGES • https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up... • Native honey bee map: Requier F, Garnery L, Kohl P ... The Conservation of Native Honey Bees Is Crucial Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2019; 34, 789-798 SOURCES • https://lehti.luontoportti.fi/fi/kysy... • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo_wasp • https://www.otokkatieto.fi/cat?id=27 • Antti Koli: Perhosbaarista liskonpetiin - Näin tuet pihan ja puutarhan monimuotoisuutta • https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erakkoa... #DIYbughotel #insecthotel #pollinatorgarden