Colin Purrington
Nature pics, especially insects and spiders. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA. https://colinpurrington.com
- In the spring when people's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of insect hotels, I like to repost my flow chart that helps with the purchase. #bees #pollinators
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View full threadI already own one of these cheap bee hotels :( I hung it up last year and most of the hotel is occupied. How can I mitigate the risk? Should I just throw it away?
- You can make an emergence box that allows current residents to check out while preventing new bees and wasps from checking in; then you can discard house. This woman is very pro-bamboo and has instructions: www.honeybeesuite.com/are-bamboo-t...
- Wait there are ones that are cleanable?
- I recently learned that those bioplastic forks that proudly say "compostable" only break down if you get the temperature up to 190°F (88°C). That's approximately 30° higher than peak temperatures of home composts. Marketing scam.
- Here's Karat Earth's compostable, bioplastic fork on Amazon: "Your customers can enjoy a hot plate of fajitas or pasta then simply toss the fork into a compost bin when finished." www.amazon.com/Karat-Earth-...
