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The bumble bee invasion!

hchessom · 2021-06-15 16:37:36

Does anybody have any ideas on how to prevent bumble bees from invading and taking over bird nesting boxes? We had a blue tit nesting in one of the boxes, we have three, then the next thing I know the bees have taken over. This happened last year in one of the boxes and so far this year they have taken over two boxes. A…

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hchessom Posts: 27

June 2021

It is true, Bob the Gardener, I can see a wasp standing guard but up until a couple of days ago there were definitely bumblebees there, apart from a couple in the house a good few weeks back I have not seen anyother wasps.

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