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Digger bees
Meomye
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Hi, anyone had any experience in getting rid of these from a lawn?
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Meomye
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They'll be gone by winter.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Leave alone, like Dove says they will move on. Bees are a gardener's friend not foe.
Hi
i had bees under my slab base that my new shed is located . I contact my local city council environmental Dept and I was informed by them that any bee or wasp nest that are located at ground level can be removed as it is not covered by the same legislation as a nest at high level. They are commonly known as burowing bees
I had to smoked them out but they didn't return
I agree scroggin, the general 'kill it' attitude of some members of the forum is worrying and depressing
In the sticks near Peterborough
We do everything in our power to encourage these in our garden. This year we had a nest of bees going into our woodshed through a hole in the side. This meant that we could not use the big wood axe which was next to their nest. So be it. They are more useful than the axe.
Shame on anyone who kills anything without good reason. We have a huge, like 2 feet across wasps nest in our loft. They will disappear soon after the first frost. They can stop there until then. they are not coming into the house and they do more good than harm.
And before anyone says anything, my wife, who is very allergic to stings, agrees.
The sting of solitary bees is not strong enough to penetrate human skin. Leave them alone.
Hi
Just to clarify, the instruction to smoke out the bees at ground level did not kill any of the bees but subdued them so the nest could be removed safely by a specialist contractor. They were then resited within a green belt area. As for a bee sting not been painful, then I must disagree. I have been stung by bees on most part of my body and its is very painful
Hi Scroggins
My garden, like a lot of people's, is a haven to wildlife. I have bird boxes, log piles for insets, hedgehog homes and trees, shrubs and flowers that bring in all types of insets and animals. The bees nest had to be removed as the slab based was been renewed. The contractors that were carrying out the works would not proceed until I had confirmed what type of bees nest it was. I contact my local council, and they confirmed that it be removed and there was no legality issues as they were commonly called digger bees. I then paid a qualified contractor to remove and resite the nest. The other option was to contact a local bee keeper to ask if they would be able to remove and reuse the bees in their hives. I did this but because they were categorised as underground bees they could not be reused in a normal hive
i hope this clarifies the situation again as I am totally for wildlife in gardens and encourage this at every opportunity