Bee Houses

I forgot to update you about the bee houses............

well we've got some inhabitants, some already left :-).

Another bee house

I've made this  a long time ago from some leftovers of clay.

For the decoration I used a leaf with fat veins.

After these blocks of clay were fired, they layed in our shed for quite some time before they got used at last :-)

The solitary bees use all kinds of material to fill the holes.

Broken dolomite from our driveway, white loam from our wall in the shed and all sorts of wax.

Cabinet

 This is our old cabinet with some beach findings.

Originally it is an old shop counter display cabinet.

It was placed horizontally so that's why the glass has been scratched.

Now and then the content changes.

Right now you can see.........

Some dogfish (shark) eggs.

Some egg capsules from rays.

I remember finding these on the beach, being a lot bigger (almost twice as big) when they were still wet.

 They are regularly found on the beach. Almost all ray species in the Noth Sea lay eggs, attaching them to stones, wrecks or seaweed. One can identify which ray species they belong to by the color and shape of the pouch and the length of the spines.

 This incredible construction is a solitary wasp nest.

It was build in a bird's nestbox.

And some of my lovely houses ;-)