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bees nest
we appear to have a bees nest outside a window in the stonework, they look like an archetypal 'bumble' bee, I don't want to open the window as twice in winter I found bees in the room, but don't really mind, shall we just leave them to it or do we need to let someone ( eg local beekeepers association) know? had blue tits nest outside same window last 2 years, it must be an inviting spot!
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I think they are , we often see 2 or 3 dancing about before they go in ( they look like they're all being awfully polite: 'after you' 'no, i insist after you'!
Let them be. They'll be busy in your garden.
Bee keepers don't collect bumble bees, they want honey bees
In the sticks near Peterborough
i presumed this was so, they are busy in our gardens front and back, the only thig is, as I said on another thread my 19 month old wants to say 'hello' and stroke them like he does dogs, trying hard to hold his hand and ensure we watch but a metre away , I don't want him to get stung and frightened, his big sister tries hard to be brave but flinches and runs away when any bees get too close, we have such a tiny garden too, is there much of a risk of a sting?i usually count around 20 at once in the garden
I think if you leave them alone, they leave you alone. I assume you wouldn't be able to move them from a hole in stonework without taking the house apart. So the only alternative would be killing them
In the sticks near Peterborough
we would't do that, i don't think it's just these in the garden, i adore flowers and front and back are very full so i presume they come from all over! I'm not bothered about the nest, just worried littlies may get stung and I don't want them put off
There are always bees and wasps and all the other sting and bite insects. The only time one of mine was stung he'd trodden on a wasp or bee. he had no idea what had happened so it didn't make him frightened of them. It hurt for a bit, he soon forgot
In the sticks near Peterborough
Bumble bees wouldn't hurt anyone but best not trodden on as above. My son did the same, grass was full of clover, hence bees.
The queen will leave the nest in Autumn and the bees will die. You can seal the hole with a clear conscience then. I have a nest in my cavity wall. They do harm so I leave them alone and they look after all my pollination needs every year.