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Burrowing bees

JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
edited June 2019 in Wildlife gardening
evening everyone. I have just done some research and discovered that I apparently have a burrowing bee as a new resident in my terrace. 

It is happily excavating  a hole in the soil of one of my pots of succulents. He’s tiny and really interesting to watch (he can move stones much heavier than it can be!), all the same is the bee or it’s offspring likely to do any actual harm to the plants, or just make a mess of my nicely arranged white pebbles?

any ideas?
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.

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  • yorkshireroseyorkshirerose Posts: 574
    It's amazing where they make their nests. I've found one in a hanging basket before now - very strange to hear petunias buzzing! I had to take them out to find out the culprit ( I left the bee in peace)
    A gardener's work is never at an end  - (John Evelyn 1620-1706)
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    Thanks, don’t know why bees are always « he » in my mind even when I knew rationally if it was nesting it would be a she.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • JacquimcmahonJacquimcmahon Posts: 1,039
    The bee must be well at home on my terrace I’ve just watched it make a new hole in another pot. Also noticed all the bamboo in the bug hotel is now occupied as are the hollow canes of my sweet peas wigwam.
    Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    They are amazing to watch. I have loads of them in the bare, dry soil under the conifers at the end of my garden. Unfortunately, when I was sorting out that area I must have inadvertently covered some of the holes as I noticed bees buzzing around as if they were looking for something. I couldn't do anything about it at that stage. There were soon new holes, so I'm hoping I didn't mess things up too much for them :(
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
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