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Post by SueA on Jun 3, 2022 8:16:04 GMT
I've never seen this before but spotted 2 bumblebees mating on an allium in the garden yesterday! I think they're tree bumblebees, we do get them here, they use old bird boxes, under the eaves in houses, in the stump of dead ivy covered in climbers & trees to nest in.  |
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Post by Eli on Jun 10, 2022 6:37:28 GMT
I've never seen that, but sometimes I see a 'tired' bee and I give it some sugary water, they seem to enjoy it and then fly away 
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Jun 14, 2022 11:56:04 GMT
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Post by geumgrower on Jun 14, 2022 11:56:04 GMT
Discovered that something had excavated a ground dwelling bee's nest yesterday. Not sure what as there is no sign of badgers (and they would definitely leave evidence and they would have to come up the drive from the main road).
Not sure what else would dig up a nest like that. Hedgehog? Crows? Squirrel?
Hole was about 9 inches across and 3 inches deep. The material is very light and fluffy though rather than heavy soil.
Bees are back there this morning rebuilding we hope.
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Jun 15, 2022 7:44:57 GMT
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Post by SueA on Jun 15, 2022 7:44:57 GMT
I have heard that badgers dig them up Geumlover but as you say you'd probably know if they were visiting. I think foxes might have a go at them as well, we have a fox visiting who just walks up the drive, I have put the infra red camera out & caught it on camera in the past but now we just know it's been because it likes to leave a fox poo perched on top of the daylily foliage at the end of the garden (very smelly!  )! You'll have to get a wildlife camera to see what wanders through at night. |
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Jun 15, 2022 7:50:17 GMT
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Post by geumgrower on Jun 15, 2022 7:50:17 GMT
No evidence of foxes either. We think most likely is crow or rook.
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Post by SueA on Jun 15, 2022 7:52:43 GMT
It could well be them couldn't it, they like to poke around looking for grubs etc. don't they.
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Post by geumgrower on Jun 16, 2022 10:26:57 GMT
Changed our minds. Looks as if it really is a badger. there is another much deeper and bigger hole in the corner of the garden where a bees nest has been dug out by something. The blockage I put at the only really obvious entry point had been moved. Wire netting going up when I can find the staple gun.
Trouble is that the entry point may also be used by one of our cats to escape into the gardens further up the lane. She will just have to live with it.
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)! You'll have to get a wildlife camera to see what wanders through at night. 
