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Water tray for bees
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About this model
<p>A self-refilling drinking station for bees, wasps (why not?), and other pollinators. Fill an ordinary plastic bottle, screw it into the central socket, and flip the whole thing over: air pressure holds the water in until the level in the tray drops below the bottle mouth, at which point a bubble goes up and a little water comes down. The tray stays topped up at a constant, shallow depth for days without any attention.</p><p>Bees can't swim. They need water that's shallow enough to reach from a solid footing which is why they end up drowning in birdbaths, pet bowls and pond edges. The honeycomb here isn't just decoration: the cell walls stand about 3 mm above the waterline and give hundreds of dry landing edges right next to the water.</p>
Description by the designer on Printables.
How it works
- You pick the model; we fetch the designer’s file and print it in our UK workshop.
- Every piece is hand-finished and quality-checked before it ships, like everything in our shop.
- Printed in PLA, a plant-based material. More about our material.
This design was created and shared by an independent designer and remains their property. Every model offered for printing here has a licence that permits commercial printing. The original model page and licence are linked above.
