If you do decide to make a bee hotel, then please do this: Beware Birds! If you notice Woodpeckers or other birds attacking the tunnels looking for bee larv

If you do decide to make a bee hotel, then please do this: Beware Birds! If you notice Woodpeckers or other birds attacking the tunnels looking for bee larvae, fix a piece of chicken wire across the front of the bee house. This does not seem to deter the bees. Basically, make sure that a four inch beak (over estimate, three might be OK) can penetrate a hole in the "hotel." I suggest that chicken wire is an integral part and not optional.