Forum home› Wildlife gardening
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Leaf cutter bee in plant pot - can I water it

helenroche912helenroche912 Posts: 1
in Wildlife gardening
Hi
I have a leaf cutter bee building nests in my plant pot can I water the plant still ? 

Posts

  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Hello Helen  :) Welcome to the forum. 

    Your question "slipped through the net", so it's probably too late either for the plant or the bee moved on elsewhere. 
    I did find this on a blog, and it looks as though the watering didn't do any harm !
    http://rachel-the-gardener.blogspot.com/2011/08/leaf-cutter-bees.html

    What happened in the end ? Did you risk the watering? 



  • anngott3811837anngott3811837 Posts: 1
    I have a large plantpot which was hidden under some bushes and when we cut back the bushes we realised there was a bees nest in the soil which had grass gowing on top and when we pulled this out we disturbed several bees. at least 6. I decided not to harm them and look after them as best I could. Today I saw what looked like a bumble bee and several smaller ones. The amount of bees I have seen seems unusual and would like to find out more. They seem very serene.
Sign In or Register to comment.