A Safe Haven for Bugs

Canning Sapphire girl guides make bug hotels

Last term, the Sapphire Girl Guides made Bug Hotels! We made the bug hotels because we wanted to give the bugs a nice little place to hide out from the birds and other predators.

A bug hotel is basically a mini building for the bugs to hide in and have a place to stay. We used lots of sticks that we found outside and bamboo sticks. We used honkey nuts, leaves, straw and little wooden boxes with holes for the bugs to go in. We covered it with net so that all the things we put inside don't fall out. We also put stickers on the outside of the bug hotel so that we could decorate it a little.

It was so much fun to make! It was fun because we all got to do it together and we were excited to see how many bugs would come when we put it in our backyard! It actually wasn't hard at all because there isn't a specific way to do it. You can do it however you like. Just make sure that all of the holes are filled and you're done! We learnt the skill of how to try your best and that's all that matters! Right?

There was also this one funny incident that you need to know about! Okay, I don't even know why, but when I picked up a honkey nut and for some strange reason banged it on the table, there was a little bug inside and it came out onto the table. After that it fell off the side of the table and I was like "OH NO!" then I saw it crawling on the floor and I was relieved that it was still alive!!!

By Alyssa Purcell, 9

fun with bug hotels

At Guides we built a bug hotel. We did it so bugs can live in the hotel. We got some nature and put it in the wooden bug hotel. I used a nut, thin wood, bamboo and wood.

It was kinda hard but we had lots of fun. We could use things. Someone told a funny joke about bugs.

By Jaimee Langford, 7