All I had to do was put them all together.
And now they stand in Basel and Aeschlen, new age high rise housing dwarfing the more quaint and intimate housing they will replace. We call it progress.
Monday, April 2, 2018
Property development
One day I will build a megapolis, in which the buildings will reach to the sky and people will travel around in solar-powered airships. As a first step, I have constructed two colossal bee houses, for my own houses in Basel and Aeschlen. I gave my plan to my neighbour, friend and carpenter Res Loosli - and he cut the solid oak pieces that would make the frames.
Res also cut me some 15 cm long pieces of beech. I drilled into these holes ranging from 3-10 mm in diameter, and up to 10 cm deep. Then I cut bamboo of different diameters into 15 cm long pieces, and hollowed them out where necessary. The final results are, to my mind, works of art.
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Well the birds and the bees and the sugarplum trees, the big rock candy Niessen! Lal la la!
ReplyDeleteJust in time for the main flight, it's warming up now.
Look out for the Emerald Cuckoo Bees later in the summer - 30% of all 600 wild bee species are Cuckoos or Marauders which lie in wait to lay their eggs while their hosts collect pollen and build cells.
Good job! Steve
Thanks Steve. I shall be monitoring all bee activity with eagle eyes, and will report back on the blog. I'm interested to see if there are differences in species between Basel and Aeschlen. Natural History at the meal table!
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