bowling ball garden bees finished

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I finished these over the winter, but I was waiting until spring so that I could take photos of the bees enjoying the garden.

If you remember when we left off last time, I had just finished creating the time-consuming wings. I then laid out all of my finished parts, the painted bowling balls, both sets of finished wings, and the finished antenna.

One bee at a time, I filled the antenna (thumb) hole with with silicone caulk. I tried using liquid nail at first, but this did not dry. I placed and positioned both antenna in the hole.

Without disturbing the antenna, I filled the wing (finger) holes with silicone caulk. The window screen wings went in first, because I liked the way the hardware cloth looked on top of them. The hardware cloth wings went in second. I made sure to clean off any excess caulk. Everything still needed to dry, so I used masking tape to hold all of the parts in place, in the exact positions that I wanted them to be in.

The only thing left was waiting patiently for everything to dry. As an extra step, I took some of the leftover paint and painted the dried caulk to blend in a little better. The bees were ready to go live out in the garden, and I still enjoy looking at them every day.

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This entry was posted on Saturday, May 15th, 2010 at 9:16 am and is filed under garden, photos.