Condo 4
The last of the condos is this number 4. Also quickly made. I used recycled mailing envelopes as a test. We will see how well the tubes preformed. The advantage seemed to be I could easily make the walls of the tubes very thick. Many unfilled tubes seems to show that the end of the egg laying season was progressing.
A quickly constructed house. Condo 1 was nearly filled so I put this up for the overflow near the end of the egg laying period. It was mounted directly beneath condo 1. I tried making bundles of tubes because it appeared easier to seal the back ends and install the bundles as packages.
Condo 2
Almost all tubes seemed fill. Only about 6 tubes appear empty. Not sure if the apparently empty tubes are just partially filled. Notice the thick piece of Styrofoam on the side of the condo. This protects the bee cocoons from the hot western sun side. The roof material is Styrofoam but the roof is only about 1/4 inch thick.
- Essentially completely filled all tubes. While a few appear empty, they may be just partially filled. We will see the facts when I tear them apart in October. There are several tubes in the "attic" area of the condo. There is a backdoor to the attic so in October when I do the cocoon processing, we will see how many bees preferred a private tube room. The attack area is directly in back of the white rectangle.
In October I plan to make a cocoon processing video. Stay tuned.
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Cocoons are in their tubes just doing the metamorphosing thing.
In about 3 and a half months I will be opening the tubes.
