I noticed that the bees seemed to be chewing on their duct-taped entrance, and peeled it back to discover that they had chewed A LOT of the duct tape up. I can’t imagine that glue is going to be good for the gals, so I decided it was time for something a little more permanent: basswood.
They are chewing on that, too. I can hear them chewing, and see them scraping flecks of basswood off their tiny, heart-shaped faces. But I figure chewing on basswood is better than chewing on duct tape. And it looks spiffier, too.
Here’s the first bee to emerge from the hive, after I affixed the new decor with a battery-powered drill:
The bees seemed to take my intrusion with grace. No angry buzzes ~ I like to think they knew basswood was an improvement over the duct tape.
