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Make a Bee/Insect Watering Station - PEP BB animal.sand.waterstation

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Made a watering station today!

The stones and twigs I first gathered were not sufficient as you can see in the second picture. Went around for a scout and found some additional materials: more stones, more twigs, a piece of a palm leaf and some shells that a sweet little girl gave me a while ago as a present and up until today I didn't know what to do with them!

The spot I chose to put the watering station has half shade half sun, close to fruit trees, the vegetable garden and close to me so I can watch :)
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the waterer, the materials and the water
the waterer, the materials and the water
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the waterer filling up, but I need more materials!
the waterer filling up, but I need more materials!
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with som extra materials added, i placed the watering station in a half shade half sun spot
with som extra materials added, i placed the watering station in a half shade half sun spot

I'm doing it for the squirrels, dude.

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My Bee watering station includes sand, pea gravel, rocks, a bigger pretty rock and sticks...plus, water.


Materials for my Bee/insect watering station.


Assembling my Bee/Insect watering station.


Finished Bee/Insect Watering station filled with water.

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Note: Looks lovely! The Bees should love it! Wonderful Job!

 
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Howdy, my kids saw a garter snake earlier this week and I was so excited (on account of our mice population) that I wanted to ensure that they had access to water and want to make our property their home. It seemed like a great opportunity to bring water to the birds and the bees as well! I made 2 watering stations and my kids each made 1 watering station. I combined it all in our photos.

It rained while the stations were under construction so I was able to use rainwater to fill the plates. I plan to use the cold water from warming the shower to refill the stations.
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A pie plate, glass marbles, sticks and stones were used to construct my insect watering station. I underestimated the amount of glass marbles needed and added some stones as I was filling the waterer.
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mayerials used - minus stones
mayerials used - minus stones
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adding marbles, under construction
adding marbles, under construction
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waterer in place, in the afternoon shade in my back garden bed and full of water
waterer in place, in the afternoon shade in my back garden bed and full of water

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Thus is an old chicken watering can I was given. I've butchered my chickens for the year so I don't need it right now. I added shells and pretty rocks.
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Supplies
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Building it
Building it
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With water, near flowers
With water, near flowers

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