Using clay to attract bees!

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If you don't already know I love gardening, now you do! A big part of a successful garden, especially a permaculture garden, is to attract pollinators and other beneficial insects into your garden plot. A great way to do this is by installing an insect hotel, also called a bee stone or insect stone, on the edge of your garden. Solitary bees and other beneficial insects will roost, breed, & hibernate in the little holes, bringing more diversity to your garden & making your permaculture dreams come true! In this video I show you how to make an insect hotel out of stoneware clay.
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@jsud5559 Год назад

I would love to see a later picture of the house inhabited. Such a wonderful idea❣️

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

Definitely will share about this on my instagram! I keep checking every day 🤭

@00Hendrik00 Год назад

@@PotterytothePeople Most of the wild bees will move in during spring next year ☺

@felinetherapy4782 Год назад

I love this! I can see making them would become addictive if they move in. A whole row of different bug hotels would be amazing!

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

Yess omg totally. Here is the experiment and if it works it will be a whole apartment complex 😂😂😂

@dawnchesbro4189 Год назад

I love solitary bee houses! We have mason bees and leafcutter bees in the pacific northwest. So to my understanding, based on our local solitary bee experts, is to either have removeable trays, which you can entirely remove and thoroughly clean; or to use paper tube inserts in the holes. The reason being you want to let the queens lay her eggs and pack them into the tubes, then when the season it completely finished, remove the pupae-filled tubes and take the paper tubes apart. It's to check for paratitic wasps and other predators of solitary bees. It's also to check the health of the pupae, wash them clean, and store them in a humidified environment until the next season whereby you put the pupae in a sheltered cavity right above the holes. So when the queens finally hatch, they don't have to move too far to find a hole they like. Im not sure if germany has problems with parasites like we do in the PNW, but its something to take a look at.

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

oh wow! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! 🙏

@SharleneJT Год назад

To keep the inside of the holes smooth, why not do them in slab before building or before adding roof?

@danielheltberg6202 Год назад

I love that you combine your clay expertise with a love for the environment! This was a great video!

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

Thanks yo much! My two passions 🥰

@twistedfrannie9311 Год назад

I have 2 bee hotels, 2 bee watering stations ,a bat box and 4 hummingbird feeders here on our property . Love your tomatillos ❤

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

That is awesome!

@ethanpschwartz Год назад

Watched this, went to rewatch a Pottery Throwdown video by you and promptly came back because now I want to see this as a Throwdown challenge! Come on, BBC, I want some bug cathedrals!

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

yesss i want to see it too!!

@SylviaMallory1 8 дней назад

I’m ready for a new large coil project! 🙏🏻

@noortjebosma Год назад

I’m so happy I found your channel. Your videos are super interesting and informative motivating and inspiring. But the nicest thing is, they’re so calming. And not in an intentional asmr kinda way it’s just you and your Natural energy that really comes through. This in combination with the clarity in your explanations and steps makes them so soothing to watch. When I feel not so great I also find myself watching one of your videos and always feel better after. I started claying again because of your videos too. I’m very lucky to work at a place where we have a kiln and it’s free to use. You really deliver high quality content and I thank you for that :).

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

what a sweet message! Thank you so much, you made my day! 🥰🥰🥰

@johngarcia2451 Год назад

The term for study of insects is Entomology/Entomology. Agree with you on the creepy crawlies. Your videos are so fun.

@onegreenev Год назад

I look forward to the update showing it full of bees. :)

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

You and me both!

@radnukespeoplesminds 11 месяцев назад

I would love a follow up video in a year!

@marianalubbe Год назад

How nice! In time they will surely move into the little house ❤

@rianantony Год назад

It looks extremely cute like a cartoon

@jaytalbot1146 Год назад

If the clay is still somewhat porous, wouldn't it be a good idea to coat the roof with something to keep rain from being absorbed? Possibly a low fire glaze? Might also use a paint or varnish after firing, though I'm not too sure about the weather resistance of non-toxic paints. Or maybe fire the roof piece separately like an ordinary piece of ceramic, bisque, glaze, glaze fire to maturity, then attach the roof to the main house using an adhesive with a bit of flexibility?

@izinyosib821 Год назад

Also, have a much longer overhang. Rain seldom falls perfectly vertical.

@barbaras7143 Год назад

@@izinyosib821 Totally agree.

@PeteAshton Год назад

An "insectologist" is called an entomologist. I say this purely because it's a great word that more people should know. (Bonus - someone who eats insects is an entomophagist.)

@kellyokeefe6784 Год назад

Would love to see a video of how to build ceramic bookends!

@lolitalimbo7846 Год назад

Oh i love your project ❤ i just did a birdfeeder and waterstation but my insect still need a place in my balconygarden. So i was always thinking about ways to make a insekt hotel and got very inspired by you😊 thank you a lot also for rounding up the information of BUND. ❤🐝💜🌱

@fab555trainspottingandmore Год назад

Schon noch cool 😉

@luth47 10 месяцев назад

nice! and useful, thanks 🙂

@juliejay5436 Год назад

Super exciting, love this idea!

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

Thank you!

@mynameisbill3829 Год назад

I gotta try this!😊😊

@lindaparisi6744 Год назад

What a great idea! I love your studio. It’s so clean! I’d be interested in hearing how you ended up in Germany. My mother was from Berlin and we went many times to visit my grandparents. Always loved it there.

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

I talked about it in a q&a a while ago ☺️ look for the one im making xmas trees!

@ivyklobs2662 Месяц назад

This must be why they’re called carpenter bees

@thorcarnivore Год назад

Very nice. You could have made the house a little bit longer and made holes on both sides.

@handmadebygasSavage-sq1uq Год назад

Super cute ~ I need to make him too 👍🏼

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

Do it! 💪

@wirehunter86 9 месяцев назад

If your building is long enough, can you poke hole from both ends and essentially double your occupancy?

@katarinababecova5024 Год назад

Where is your green/khaki overall from? I love it!

@tikayscake2416 Год назад

Question, ive seen a bit about bug hotels spreading disease and being prone to parasites and predators. I wonder if this is something you’d make every season or yearly? Ill have to look into it more since its such a cool concept to be environmentally conscious at the local level. Awesome video once again! super entertaining

@izinyosib821 Год назад

Cleaning (or - not possible here - changing out the tubes should be done after the insects have left the structure. In the Northern hemisphere this is happening from April to June for most. Having different sizes holes in one fixed structure therefore is making cleaning harder. There is a potential that some are still in their tubes, whilst other species re-occupied the space once again and the ones that re-occupied won't hatch until the next early- Summer. Also, be aware that the insect hotels that are "easy" to built (and sold in DIY centres) are only catering to certain species. In other words the more people build and buy just that one type, it has the potential to create an imbalance in the area they are placed in. If you have the space, it is better in my opinion to plant flowers that are a good food source for pollinators in general and talk to anyone around you about avoiding insecticides, herbicides etc. The range of species that will benefit from that is much bigger than a insect hotel, even more so, if the hotel only caters to one or two species.

@barbaras7143 Год назад

@@izinyosib821 Excellent advice. Thank you.

@stevegyee232 Год назад

Need more roof overhang for Midwest rain.

@bkirstie 11 месяцев назад

wait, so the base is solid clay and not hollow? how will that fire?

@user-ns1ls7zb6g Год назад

Сделай кормушку для шмелей, весной кормить шмелей... Они много погибают весной без цветов...

@creepycreepersthekingofcre3379 Год назад

Hey if i get imto the potery with caly mor can i make a cup without glaze and can i do it in a fore pit

@sternenregen5489 Год назад

Tolle Idee! Dein nächstes Model sollte aber auf der Seite der Löcher einen größeren Dachüberstand haben, damit sie besser vor Regen geschützt sind. Das Dach vielleicht doch glasieren? Aber dafür braucht man hörere Temperaturen. Bin gespannt, ob da wer einziejt.

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

Ich bin auch neugierig! Das mit dem Dach habe ich auch schon gedacht... Es wäre möglich, es zu glasieren, wenn ich Niedrigtemperatur-Glasuren verwenden würde. Das ist eine gute Idee! 🙏

@kevinleong4467 Год назад

Is it hollow inside?

@lornapenn-chester6867 9 месяцев назад

❤

@stevegyee232 Год назад

Is this wasp friendly?

@user-le8yo3kf7o Год назад

😂gonna make one

@williamgrizzle8480 Год назад

Do it for the bees!!!

@KitBoardman Год назад

Hi Mia, that’s a good technique on pottery in the way to wedge the whole clay it’s going to be a bee hotel. I really loved your creative videos it’s you are very artistic. ❤

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

Thanks so much 😊

@mayabankss 13 дней назад

I have trypophobia, so i jumped when i say you turn the hotel around 😭😭😭

@gus4541 Год назад

Trypophobia anyone?

@PotterytothePeople Год назад

hahaha i was waiting for this comment 🙌

@dazingamaine4318 7 месяцев назад

really cool ) how much electricity does a kiln need? like can i get one with a 1000w? sorry complete clay newbie here. just finished some pipes was going to try the ac system and clay fridge. have a nice day