Summary

Created this bee watering station primarily for my wife's bees. Initially the intention was for it to float and indeed it does with a 20% fill rate and yes it doesn't sink, that version has a small hole in the side to enable the floater to remain filled. However in our small pond this wasn't very popular with the bees, as it often drifted towards the fountain and they are very risk adverse. So I produced another version with that feature disabled in Alibre, my modeller of choice, and that sits on the wall and is very popular, but this does mean it needs topping up daily. I then thought I 'd produce a 3D print torture test and modeled the lid which due to the number of penetrations takes quite some time to print. This combination proved the most popular with the bees.