Customizable Insect Hotel (Remix)

Update: This remix adds the needed nail/screw slot in the back for secure hanging outside. 

We have had a lot of visitors to our insect (bee) hotels last year, so I decided to make my own.  Seeing how our expensive wooden insect hotels only lasted a year outside, I used PLA as an alternative to save trees.

The frame can accommodate the standard reeds or your favorite fill material.  Optionally, there is a 3D printed part you can customize to fit your needs.

The Honeycomb:

Have a look at the Prusaslicer file.  Print with 1 bottom layer and 0 top layers.  Perimeters = 0 also speeds up printing.

There are two modifiers to add different sizes of honeycombs in one single part, if desired.  

So feel free to adjust the sized according to your local bug population.  For our mud-bees, we use 9% infill which gives you approximately 8mm honeycombs. Of course, other types of infill may also be attractive to different types of insects.

The house and the comb are two separate pieces, so you can interchange them if you are not happy with the results.  The house frame is designed to use as little material as possible.

Best printed with PLA, as I found that the insects to not like PETG.

Happy Printing!