$7.50The BeeBar - 3D Printed Bee Feeder

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We all think of feeding the birds, but what about the bees? Let's be honest, bees are much more important to us humans than birds are; bees pollinate our food crops and without these efficient, hard-working little pollinators it's been estimated that the human race would die out within a very short timespan. So I decided to do my bit for our little stripy friends through the medium of 3D printing. (And yes, I know bees still sting but they're much less likely to sting you than wasps. Wasps are just assholes). My end result was The BeeBar, a small tray with little raised islands which you can fill with water or sugar-water and leave out for the bees to slake their thirst and get their energy back ('Eww, sugar water means I'll have to clean it all the time!'. Yes, but the bees need that sugar and they work so hard for you. Don't you want to give them that little bit extra? You monster). You can print it with or without the hanger cradle; You can leave it on a flat surface somewhere, or you can put it in the cradle and hang it somewhere easy for the bees to find it. But best not, like my dear mother, to hang it from the bird table. Birds do eat bees after all, so it's not so much feeding the bees as baiting the trap.... The BeeBar measures 105mm x 105mm x 10mm and is available in my Etsy store (www.etsy.com/uk/shop/enterprisexddesign) in yellow, orange or red. You can try printing it in other colours, flowers do of course come in lots of them, but try to make it one which reflects UV; that's how bees find flowers, so a colour you think is cool may be one which they'll ignore completely...