Kicker - Insect accommodations

NICK EICHER, HOST: A group in Scotland just constructed a record-breaking hotel! But you probably wouldn’t want to stay there.

There is no running water or electricity. In fact, there are no beds!

That doesn’t sound like much of a hotel, but that’s because it’s not designed for humans.

A Guinness World Records representative presented the plaque to the Highland Titles conservation group.

AUDIO: It gives me great pleasure to say you have officially achieved the Guinness World Records title for the largest insect hotel!

That’s right, a hotel for bugs. And I don’t think it’s one of those “Roach Motels," you know, where the bugs check in but they don’t check out?

This particular place took a team of people six months to construct.

It’s 7,000 cubic feet of masonry bricks, bamboo canes, tree branches, forest bark, and strawberry netting.

It doesn’t sound very appealing, but if you’re an insect, it’s the Waldorf Astoria!

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