{"product_id":"doris-handmade-bee-string-lights","title":"Doris' Handmade Bee String Lights","description":"\u003c!--\n================================================================================\nPRODUKTSEITE — DORIS KESSLER \/ SOLAR BEE LIGHTS\n================================================================================\nStruktur 1:1 nach der Charlene-Vorlage.\nDesign vollstaendig auf das Advertorial umgestellt:\n- KEIN Hintergrundmuster\n- KEINE runden Ecken (Advertorial ist durchgehend eckig)\n- Schriften wie im Advertorial: Georgia fuer Ueberschriften,\nSystem-Sans fuer Fliesstext (kein Poppins \/ Playfair mehr)\n- Palette identisch: #F1E8D8 Seite, #FFFDF7 Karte, #EFE7D7 Box,\n#E7EDE2 Hinweisbox, #33402B Oliv, #B8791A Bernstein\n- Sechseck-Ornamente statt Rauten, wie im Advertorial\n\nGROESSEN WERDEN IN BIENEN GEMESSEN — 20 \/ 30 \/ 50.\nEs gibt KEINE Laengen-, Meter-, Fuss- oder Zollangabe irgendwo auf dieser Seite.\n\nERFUNDEN und ggf. zu ersetzen: Ray Tolliver (Experte), 511 Reststueck,\nalle Zitate von Doris.\nIP65 gesetzt. Ladezeit wird bewusst nicht thematisiert.\nKeine offenen Platzhalter mehr.\n================================================================================\n--\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\"\u003e\n\u003ctitle\u003eDoris Kessler's Handmade Solar Bee Lights — Product Information\u003c\/title\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n.prod-wrapper {\nmax-width: 960px !important;\nmargin: 0 auto !important;\npadding: 40px 24px 48px 24px !important;\nfont-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important;\nfont-size: 17px !important;\nline-height: 1.78 !important;\ncolor: #2B2721 !important;\nbackground: #FFFDF7 !important;\nbox-sizing: border-box !important;\ntext-align: left !important;\n-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased !important;\n}\n.prod-wrapper *, .prod-wrapper *::before, .prod-wrapper *::after { box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n.prod-wrapper h2, .prod-wrapper h3, .prod-wrapper p, .prod-wrapper ul, .prod-wrapper li { margin: 0 !important; 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}\n.prod-sizing strong { color: #33402B !important; }\n\/* ── Specs table ── *\/\n.prod-specs { margin-bottom: 0 !important; }\n.prod-specs-table {\nwidth: 100% !important;\nborder-collapse: collapse !important;\nborder: 1px solid #E0D5C0 !important;\nbackground: #FFFDF7 !important;\n}\n.prod-specs-table tr { border-bottom: 1px solid #EDE3D0 !important; }\n.prod-specs-table tr:last-child { border-bottom: none !important; }\n.prod-specs-table td {\npadding: 14px 20px !important;\nfont-size: 15px !important;\nline-height: 1.6 !important;\nvertical-align: top !important;\n}\n.prod-specs-table td:first-child {\nfont-weight: 700 !important;\ncolor: #33402B !important;\nwidth: 34% !important;\nbackground: #EFE7D7 !important;\n}\n.prod-specs-table td:last-child { color: #2B2721 !important; }\n\/* ── Divider ── *\/\n.prod-divider {\ntext-align: center !important;\nmargin: 0 0 50px !important;\ncolor: #B8791A !important;\nfont-size: 14px !important;\nletter-spacing: 12px !important;\n}\n\/* ── Mobile ── *\/\n@media (max-width: 760px) {\n.prod-wrapper { padding: 24px 16px 32px 16px !important; font-size: 16px !important; }\n.prod-hero h2 { font-size: 25px !important; }\n.prod-story-quote { font-size: 19px !important; }\n.prod-section-title { font-size: 21px !important; }\n.prod-includes-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr) !important; }\n.prod-features-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr !important; }\n.prod-expert { padding: 24px 20px !important; }\n.prod-sizing, .prod-note { padding: 22px 18px !important; }\n.prod-specs-table td { padding: 12px 14px !important; font-size: 14px !important; }\n}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-rule\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Hero --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"prod-hero\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-hero-stars\" style=\"display:block !important; text-align:center !important;\"\u003e⬡ ⬢ ⬡\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThirty-Eight Years, Built by Hand in Mason County, Texas\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-hero-subtitle\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eDoris Kessler, 68. Her father repaired televisions on the square in Mason and sat her at his workbench at six years old. She set her first two hives at thirty and built her first string of bee lights the same summer, at his bench, with the same soldering gun she uses today. Close to three thousand of them since — given away, or handed across her honey table on a Saturday for whatever people pushed into her hand. She never advertised one. This is the last of them. She leaves the place at the end of the month.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- Story Quote --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-story-quote\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003e“A woman came to my honey table with a little boy who’d been stung that spring. He wouldn’t go in his own back yard anymore — she said he’d stand at the screen door and look at it. I took a string off the frame and gave it to her and wouldn’t take her money. She wrote me that winter to say he’d taken to counting them before bed. I’ve thought about that letter a long while. A child ought to get to love one before something teaches him to be scared of it.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-story-cite\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003e— Doris Kessler, Mason County, Texas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- Includes --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-section-kicker\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eWhat You Receive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-section-title\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eEverything That Ships With Your Order\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-includes-icon\"\u003e⬢ THE STRING\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOne Finished String\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty, thirty or fifty bees on a dark weatherproof lead. Wired, soldered, sealed and tested by Doris at her father’s bench.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-includes-icon\"\u003e⬢ THE HEAD\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSolar Head \u0026amp; Stake\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOversized monocrystalline panel, rechargeable cell already fitted, ground stake attached. Nothing to wire, nothing to plug in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-includes-icon\"\u003e⬢ A NOTE\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDoris’s Card\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA short handwritten note with every order, and how she hangs a string so it sits right — in her own words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-includes-icon\"\u003e⬢ GUARANTEE\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e90-Day Returns\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHang it. Live with it a season. If it doesn’t belong there, send it back within 90 days for a full refund.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-divider\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003e⬡ ⬡ ⬢ ⬡ ⬡\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Features --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-section-kicker\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eWhy These Lights\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-section-title\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eSix Things You Won’t Find on a Shelf String\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-section-intro\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eEvery point below comes out of thirty-eight years of building the same thing the same way — and of throwing out every version that didn’t survive a Texas summer on her own fence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003e⬢ The Work\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEvery Joint Set by Hand and Sealed on Its Own\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a connection behind every single bee on the string. On a factory run, each one is made by somebody paid by the hour, at speed, and sealed — if at all — by machine. That is where a bought string dies: one wet winter finds one bad joint, and half the run goes dark. Doris sets hers sitting down and seals each one separately. “Mine were made sitting down,” she says. “The difference is I don’t hurry the joints.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003e⬢ The Light\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWarm Amber, Not the Hard Blue-White\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost solar strings on a shelf burn a cold blue-white, because blue-heavy LEDs are cheaper and read as “brighter” under shop lighting. In a garden they make the place look like a parking lot. Doris pulled hers all the way to the warm end — the color of a hive at dusk, or of amber held up against a lamp. The bodies glow rather than glare, and from across a yard a fence reads as a swarm at rest instead of a row of bulbs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003e⬢ Run Time\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDusk to Daylight, Not Dusk to Ten\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“You sit out on a summer evening in this country until eleven, twelve. What good is a light that’s asleep before you are?” So she stopped compromising on the two parts nobody bothers with: the largest panel that fits the head, and the largest cell that fits behind it. A full day of sun puts \u003cstrong\u003eeight to thirteen hours\u003c\/strong\u003e in it, against the five or six you get from a shelf string. It is still on when you let the dog out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003e⬢ Power\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSolar — There Is Nothing to Plug In\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was never power anywhere near the fence her first string went on, and she was not about to trench a line out to it. So it ran on a solar head staked in beside the post, and every string she has built since has run the same way. Push the stake in where the sun hits, hang the string where you want it. It charges all day and switches itself on at dusk. No cord across the lawn, no outlet, no timer to set, no switch to remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003e⬢ Size\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThree Sizes — 20, 30 or 50 Bees\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize here is counted in bees, because that is what actually tells you how much of a garden a string covers. The \u003cstrong\u003etwenty\u003c\/strong\u003e is for a doorway, a window box, a single shrub or a balcony rail. The \u003cstrong\u003ethirty\u003c\/strong\u003e takes a porch rail, a garden bench, an arbour or a small tree. The \u003cstrong\u003efifty\u003c\/strong\u003e runs a whole fence line, a hedge or a pergola. Same build, same light, same run time on all three.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features-card\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-features-icon\"\u003e⬢ Weather\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProven Through a Texas Summer Before It Was Sold\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery change Doris ever made to the build — the head, the cell, the way a joint gets sealed — went out on her own fence line first and stayed there through a full Texas summer before it went into anything she handed to another person. Heat, dust, and the kind of storm that takes the trash cans down the road. Nothing reached a customer that hadn’t already survived a season at her place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- Expert Note --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-kicker\"\u003e⬢   Engineer’s Note\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-quote\"\u003e“Almost every solar string that fails does so for one of three reasons, and all three are cost decisions made before the thing was ever built. The first is the panel: a small polycrystalline cell converts roughly thirteen percent of what lands on it, where a monocrystalline of the same footprint gets you closer to nineteen. The second is storage — a 600 mAh cell simply cannot hold an evening, so the string dies around ten whatever the panel does. The third, and the one nobody sees, is the joints. On a machine run they are made fast and sealed inconsistently, and moisture only needs to find one of them. That is why a shelf string is bright in June and dark by October. Oversize the panel, oversize the cell, seal every joint individually, and there is very little left in the design that can fail.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-cite\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-expert-name\"\u003eRay Tolliver\u003c\/span\u003e — Solar Lighting Engineer · 24 years · Former test lead, outdoor lighting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- Perfect For --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-section-kicker\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eWhere They Go\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-section-title\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eWhere an Evening Actually Changes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-tags\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e⬢\u003c\/span\u003eGarden Fence\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e⬢\u003c\/span\u003ePorch \u0026amp; Deck Rail\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e⬢\u003c\/span\u003ePergolas \u0026amp; Patios\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e⬢\u003c\/span\u003eHedges \u0026amp; Shrubs\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e⬢\u003c\/span\u003eTrees \u0026amp; Arbours\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e⬢\u003c\/span\u003eBalconies\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e⬢\u003c\/span\u003eCampers \u0026amp; RVs\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e⬢\u003c\/span\u003eGarden Parties \u0026amp; Weddings\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"prod-perfect-tag-icon\"\u003e⬢\u003c\/span\u003eHousewarming \u0026amp; Mother’s Day\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-divider\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003e⬡ ⬡ ⬢ ⬡ ⬡\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Choosing --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"prod-sizing\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-sizing-title\"\u003e⬢   Before You Order — Three Sizes, Two Things to Check\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery order is \u003cstrong\u003eone complete string\u003c\/strong\u003e with its own solar head and ground stake. You choose the size, and the size is counted in bees: \u003cstrong\u003e20 bees\u003c\/strong\u003e for a doorway, a window box, a single shrub or a balcony rail · \u003cstrong\u003e30 bees\u003c\/strong\u003e for a porch rail, a garden bench, an arbour or a small tree · \u003cstrong\u003e50 bees\u003c\/strong\u003e for a whole fence line, a hedge or a pergola.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePick by what you want to light, not by the run.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bee lights want a little slack between fixing points — a string pulled tight looks like cabling, and a string with a gentle dip between posts looks like bees. If you are between two sizes, take the larger one and let it hang looser. Nobody has ever regretted a bit more of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd the head has to see the sky.\u003c\/strong\u003e The stake goes wherever the sun actually lands for most of the day, and it does not have to sit next to where the lights hang. A head tucked into the shade of the same hedge it is lighting is far and away the most common reason somebody thinks a solar string is faulty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot sure? Send us a note on what you want to light and where the sun sits, and we’ll tell you which to take. We would far rather answer an email than ship a box back and forth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- Quality Promise --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-section-kicker\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eQuality Promise\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-section-title\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eFive Things You Get With Every String\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-items\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt by One Pair of Hands — Every Joint Sealed Separately\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCut, wired, soldered, sealed and tested by Doris at her father’s bench. No line, no help, no outsourcing. A connection behind every bee, each one set sitting down.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWarm Amber Light — the Color of a Hive at Dusk\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eNot the hard blue-white of a shelf string. The bodies glow instead of glare, so the run reads as a resting swarm rather than a row of bulbs.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e8–13 Hours on a Full Day of Sun — Dusk to Daylight\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOversized monocrystalline panel, oversized cell behind it. Still lit at four in the morning, instead of dark before you go to bed.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSolar — Nothing to Plug In, Nothing to Switch\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePush the stake in where the sun hits, hang the string where you want it. It charges all day and comes on by itself at dusk. Eight settings, from steady to a slow fade.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-check\"\u003e✓\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-list-text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e511 Strings Left — Final Run, No Reorders\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWhat is stacked along the barn wall is all there will ever be. When they are gone the bench gets covered, the lamp stays off, there is no apprentice, and nobody is holding the pattern.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- Guarantee --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-guarantee-icon\" style=\"display:block !important; text-align:center !important;\"\u003e⬡ ⬢ ⬡\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003e90-Day Money-Back Guarantee\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eHang a string and live with it. Give it a bright day and a long evening, and see how the place feels once it comes on by itself. If it doesn’t belong there — the size, the spot, the light, anything at all — put it back in the box within 90 days for a full refund. In Doris’s words: \u003cem\u003e“These ought to only go to people who’ll be glad to switch them on.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- Barn Note --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-note-title\"\u003e⬢   A Note From the Barn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDoris builds every string herself and looks each one over before it ships. Small variations — in how the bees sit on the lead, in the exact spacing between them, in the finish of a sealed joint — are a natural part of work done one at a time at a bench. No two strings come off it quite alike, and that is by design rather than by accident. Strings arrive coiled, so expect a few kinks: hang them loosely, leave them a day, and they settle out on their own. Give the head a full day in the sun before you judge the first evening — a cell that has been sitting in a box wants one good charge before it does its proper hours. None of this is a fault. It is the maker’s hand at work — thirty-eight years of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c!-- Specs --\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-section-kicker\" style=\"text-align:center !important;\"\u003eThe Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"prod-section-title\" style=\"text-align:center !important; margin-bottom:24px !important;\"\u003eProduct Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs-table\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePower\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSolar. Staked head with an integrated rechargeable cell — no mains, no batteries to buy, no cable to the house\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSolar Panel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMonocrystalline — oversized for a string this size, at approx. 19% conversion against the approx. 13% of the polycrystalline panels used on most shelf strings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBattery\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e800 mAh Ni-MH, 1.2 V, fitted — against the 600 mAh typically used at this size\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRun Time\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8–13 hours on a full day of sun\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSwitching\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAutomatic — charges through the day, comes on by itself at dusk. Nothing to set\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWarm amber, at the warm end of the scale. Also available in a colored version\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSettings\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEight — steady, slow fade, and six more\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSizes\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 bees · 30 bees · 50 bees — same build, same light, same run time on all three\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSold As\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne complete string with its own solar head and ground stake\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eConstruction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-wired and hand-soldered, one connection behind every bee, each joint sealed separately. Dark lead, so it disappears against a fence by day\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeather\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIP65 weatherproof\u003c\/strong\u003e — rated to shrug off rain, sprinklers, dust and snow. Built and proven through a Texas summer: heat, dust, and the kind of storm that takes the trash cans down the road. Leave it out all year. Not designed to be submerged\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eInstallation\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePush the stake in where the sun lands most of the day; hang the string with a little slack between fixing points. No tools, no wiring\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUse\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGarden fence · Porch \u0026amp; deck rail · Pergolas \u0026amp; patios · Hedges \u0026amp; shrubs · Trees \u0026amp; arbours · Balconies · Campers \u0026amp; RVs · Garden parties · Gifting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaker\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDoris Kessler — thirty-eight years at her father’s workbench, Mason County, Texas\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinal Run\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e511 strings remain — no reorders; she leaves the place at the end of the month\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGuarantee\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e90-day full refund, no questions asked\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-rule prod-rule-bottom\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"CedarAndTin Co.","offers":[{"title":"20 Bees","offer_id":49637918376195,"sku":"ckv1789624365953","price":22.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30 Bees","offer_id":49637918408963,"sku":"oaa1789624365954","price":25.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50 Bees","offer_id":49637918441731,"sku":"dyl1789624365955","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/4224\/0771\/files\/doris-handmade-bee-string-lights_1.png?v=1789624371","url":"https:\/\/arch-support-sandal.shop\/products\/doris-handmade-bee-string-lights","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}