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Also known as masonry bees

 

[annedonnelly]

I had bees nesting in my kitchen wall a few years ago. Sadly I had to block the hole up when the mice started using it to come into the house. I loved having the bees though.

Later in the year when my scabious plants flower they are covered with bees. I can watch them for hours

 

[graham bowers]

That’s a shame. They aren’t known to harm buildings and they are very placid around us humans. Great for pollination of your garden flowers and fruit. Your choice though.

I heard a neighbour's visitor saying how she hated my particularly floriferous honeysuckle. ‘Why ever so?’ Asked my neighbour. ‘Bees! Look at the bloody bees on the damn thing!’

By autumn the nest will have run its course and the queen will have left. So I'll not be harming the bees. I am a wildlife lover.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

By autumn the nest will have run its course and the queen will have left. So I'll not be harming the bees.

I understand that. Hopefully the new queen finds another suitable habitat to hibernate during the winter.

 

[slowmotion]

One of the three blue tits that have left the nest. There's one still in the nest box . It's being given loads of grubs by its attentive parents.

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EDIT: Eaten by a jay at noon, 29/05/2018.

 

[MikeG]

I had a bumble bee nest somewhere in our roof or maybe under the eves exactly this time last year. Quite alarming at first as we had some bees constantly buzzing around the nest and didn't now what it was. Took advice, established it is bumble bees, and found they are no problem at all. They have only a small nest with 50 to 200 bees, cause no damage and are good for the environment. I was told they would be gone by August and they were. The ones buzzing round the nest to start with were waiting to try to mate with the queen. Once that happened we didn't really see all that much of them. They would be welcome back. However they apparently never use the same nest two years running.

The danger is that wasps follow the bees the following year. You really don't want a wasps nest in your house, so wait until the bees have gone, then do whatever repairs are necessary to prevent the wasps getting in. Wasps apparently are attracted by the smell of old bees nests, and there's a good chance of having a much bigger problem than a few bumble bees if you do nothing.

 

[MikeG]

We did have mortar bees in the past also and you do need to point up then because they will damage the fabric of the building.

Architect's hat on: please use lime for re-pointing if the original mortar was lime. Ta.

 

[potsy]

Seen whilst out walking the dog this afternoon, happy little singer

 

[slowmotion]

The last two tits are still alive and are hiding in the bushes. Their parents keep a close eye on them and bring them food. They look terribly vulnerable.

Rainstorms, cats, jays, magpies.

Fingers crossed.

 

[biggs682]

My Knight received some animal attention at the weekend .

 

[pjd57]

The firhill swans. Forth and Clyde canal

 

[MikeG]

My Knight received some animal attention at the weekend .

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Wow, the nose of that saddle is really high. My bits and pieces ache just thinking about it!

 

[biggs682]

Wow, the nose of that saddle is really high. My bits and pieces ache just thinking about it!

They are actually very comfy imho

 

[Heltor Chasca]

They are actually very comfy imho

Funny this personal preference thing. I find I am most comfortable with the nose up on my C17s as well.

Do you think the horses thought your saddle was a slice of watermelon?

 

[biggs682]

Funny this personal preference thing. I find I am most comfortable with the nose up on my C17s as well.

Do you think the horses thought your saddle was a slice of watermelon?

One of the cows gave the brake levers a good licking , so i moved the bike away just in case they started to munch them

do horses like watermelon ?