Besek B-Max Pelapis Papan Sirip Beraroma (Wicker Bamboo)

Satu lagi terobosan baru untuk mempercepat perkembangan rumah walet. Besek (Wicker Bamboo) B-Max merupakan anyaman yang terbuat dari bambu, ringan, lentur dan telah diberi aroma yang disukai oleh burung walet.

Besek dapat dipakai untuk menggantikan penggunaan styrofoam atau sarang palsu yang biasanya cukup merepotkan karena ketika sarang dipanen sisa-sisa styrofoam dan sarang palsu akan menempel dengan sarang belum lagi bentuk sarang yang tidak sempurna.

Cara pemasangan besek cukup mudah yaitu ditempelkan/dipasang sebagai pelapis papan sirip (plank). Karena berupa anyaman, akan memudahkan walet-walet muda untuk mengcengkram permukaan besek sehingga walet menjadi lebih betah.

Tersedia ukuran 13cm x 1m. Harga 15.000 per lembar (diluar ongkir - min. order 50 lembar)

Untuk pemesanan dapat menghubungi via whatsapp ke nomor +62 8194867197.

Piro Digital Timer

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Model: DXT-8
Price  : U$ 25

Feature and Specs:

• On/Off can be programmed for a day in a week, 3 days in a week with two differents group (mon, wed, fri or tue, thur, sat) and all days in a week.
• Led indicator to show the timer on or off
• Easy operation with button for day, hour, minute, mode, clock and reset
• Equipped with back up battery
• Input supply DC 12V from battery or with AC adaptor
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Benefits in Birdnest Consumption

Bird’s Nest is always considered as a nourishing tonic and health supplement in Traditional Chinese Medicine and in fact, scientific research demonstrates that Bird’s Nest is highly rich in protein, carbohydrate, potassium, sodium, calcium that effective in cleansing the lungs and helping act against coughs, colds and influenza as well as strengthening the immune system.

The white nests and the red nests are supposedly rich in nutrients, which are traditionally believed to provide health benefits, such as aiding digestion, raising libido, improving the voice, alleviating asthma, improving focus, and an overall benefit to the immune system.

Further, it helps to prevent or at least slow down aging process as it is useful in maintaining and enhancing a smooth and wrinkle-free complexion. Thus, Bird’s Nest is treated as a highly desirable essence for not only women but also all people ranging from the elderly, children, men and even patients for consistent consumption.

The most famous use of edible birds nest is bird's nest soup, a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. When dissolved in water, the birds' nests have a gelatinous texture used for soup or sweet tong sui. It is mostly referred to as "yan wo" unless references are made to the salty or sweet soup in Chinese cuisine.

In addition to its use in soup, edible birds nest can be used as an ingredient in many other dishes, it can be cooked with rice to produce bird's nest congee or bird's nest boiled rice, or it can be added to egg tarts and other desserts. A bird's nest jelly can be made by placing the bird's nest in a ceramic container with minimal water and sugar (or salt) and double steamed. Ready to eat bird's nest jelly is available in jars as a commercial product.

Facts About Edible Birdnests and Swiftlets

Edible bird's nests are among the most expensive animal products consumed by humans, with an average nest selling for $2,500 per kilogramme for end-consumers in Asia. The nests have been used in Chinese cooking for over 400 years, most often as bird's nest soup.

The Edible-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus Fuciphagus) is a small bird of the swift family which is found in South-east Asia. Its nest is made of solidified saliva and is used to make bird's nest soup.

It is 11 to 12 cm long and weighs 15 to 18 grams, with the average life span is between 15 to 18 years. The plumage is blackish-brown above, paler on the underparts. The rump is slightly paler than the rest of the upperparts. The tail is slightly forked and the wings are long and narrow. The bill and feet are black.

The Edible-nest Swiftlet feeds over a range of habitats from coastal areas to the mountains, occurring up to 2,800 metres above sea-level on Sumatra and Borneo. Its diet consists of flying insects which are caught on the wing. It often feeds in large flocks with other species of swift and swallow.

It breeds in colonies in caves, in a cleft in a cliff or sometimes on a building. The bracket-shaped nest is white and translucent and is made of layers of hardened saliva attached to the rock. It measures about 6 cm across with a depth of 1.5 cm and a weight of about 14 grams. Two white, oval, non-glossy eggs are laid.

Aerodramus Fuciphagus

The nest used in bird's nest soup are composed almost entirely of saliva with little or no plant material. The soup is made by soaking and steaming the nests in water and is said to be an aphrodisiac and to have various medicinal qualities. The nests can fetch high prices and many colonies are harvested commercially.

Some populations such as those in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been harvested extensively leading to them being considered critically threatened under the IUCN criteria.


The use of artificial bird houses is growing. A detailed account of modern nest farming and marketing techniques is given by Jordan (2004). In Malaysia, "farming" of nests is performed in purpose-built structures or old empty houses with "tweeters" playing recordings of bird calls on the roof to attract swiftlets.

Ideal Size for Monkey House

WHAT IS THE IDEAL SIZE OF A MONKEY HOUSE?

Pak Hendy, I need your advise about my BH.  After 3 days into operation and only three birds entered.  The rest simply refuse to enter the house.  Please view the pictures attached and advise.”
This was a message from a newbie from Sarawak, Malaysia.
He just put his wooden BH into operation but the picture given shows something which makes me feel that the monkey house is just too small.
Firstly we need to understand the basic function of a monkey house and how it can be a useful tool to attract those swiftlet into your BH.
A properly designed monkey house can be a great asset in drawing those birds into the first part of your BH.



First what should be the ideal size and height?
We know that those birds need a 4 meters and 4 meters size area to fly in a smooth circular motion.  So why don’t we start with this minimum dimension. This should be the minimum size.  If you have the space make it bigger say 4.5 meters by 4.5 meters!!

What about their height?
There are many advantages to have the hole as high as you can. However when it is too high the birds will tend not to fly down towards the entrance door leading into your nesting room. They are lost up on the ceiling of your monkey house and don’t want to fly downward.

You need to choose the right height, not too high but not too low.  I think about 1.5 meters above the roof top will be more then enough.

Okay what about the entrance hole(s).  Where should I open the window, how many, what is the ideal size plus where should the window face towards?
Once you have the four walls up an its roofing you need to locate the most appropriate opening(s) to draw those birds into the house.
My first choice will be to face the main entrance hole towards the flying path ( the direction they fly home in the evening).
It will be at the right hand corner to ensure that when they enter the monkey house they can fly in an anticlockwise direction.
The size, for a new BH, should be as big as you can.  I prefer 40cm x 80cm.  A wood frame to be put at the perimeter of the hole so that it will easier to mount those external and internal sound tweeters.
You might want to reduce the hole size once the number of birds reaches say 300 nests.  You also need to get ready to install those owl protection gate once attack by those owls.
The entrance hole must not be too closed to the ceiling and the side wall of the monkey house. At high speed those birds flying in might grace the side wall or the roof if it is too closed.
The best is to ensure that they are about 40cm away from the roof and from the wall.

Can there be more then one entrance hole?
I think you should open one more on the opposite wall but diagonally. By having the second hole diagonally you allows the birds not to fly straight out from one hole to the other. It also allows the birds entering the second hole to fly in an anticlockwise direction.
The height and distance to the roof and the wall should be similar to the primary entrance hole design.
What about how to install those tweeters?
You might have all sorts of installation but from my point of view try to consider the following way of tweeters installation (see sketch).

If you observe carefully there are two small tweeters at the bottom to play the internal sound.

Why?  I guess you need to ask yourself and find the right answer…