American Bee House

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<p>American flag-inspired bee house designed to use replaceable cardboard tubes. For solitary bees, such as mason, orchard, leaf-cutter, or carpenter, etc. Designed to be printed without supports with back of house flat on print bed. Pictured print of model was made with Priline Darkwood PLA at 0.28mm layer height with 20% infill. House can be mounted with a 2.5in or larger nail or screw. House has a sloped roof design that extends to overhang the tubes for rain protection.</p><p>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 <a href="https://rivajam.com/product/rivajam-bee-nesting-paper-inserts-125-piece-pack-of-paper-inserts/">Rivajam</a> 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.</p><p>Recommend reading about managing a bee house to help care for bees all season long, such as tips from Michigan State University Extension: <a href="https://pollinators.msu.edu/publications/building-and-managing-bee-hotels-for-wild-bees/">Building and Managing Bee Hotels for Wild Bees</a>. I have no affiliation with Michigan State University.</p>