Sandy created this bee hotel over the last month, and it is now quite ready for bees, bugs, beetles and whichever other creatures would like to use it. Sandy photographed the 'hotel' after adding a few more items to it - a bundle of hollow daylily stems, pieces of cattail, weeping tile tubes, and a rolled up plastic blind. Although we think natural materials are best, the latter two components are a bit of an experiment - just to see what happens. For example, we have previously found praying mantis egg cases inside these black weeping tile tubes. They may also shelter a toad next summer.