Well At Least Something Is Using Our Bird Box!

what a beautiful little bee isn't it,
thanks Bilbo

 

We have got bee's in our bird box as well, 1st year,but the box is in the sun from 6am to 12 o clock and i think the nest get to hot and they start buzzing there wings in the hole to cool the nest, so every now and then i spray some water around the box and they stop

 

Update.....well our little family of bees have all grown up and flown the nest , it now lies empty and quiet

Still loads of bees around the garden though

 

I'm sure they will repay your kind hospitality by visiting all your garden plants Bilbo,
Jenny

 

Absolutely Jenny, there are several species of bees visiting the garden, including plenty of the ones that used the nest box

 

We had exactly the same bees nest in our shed - they had taken up residence in some stacked lounger cushions - shredded them to bits . We had to move them and we put the whole cushion under a compost bin with the front off. Activity has been a lot less this last couple of weeks - some flying up to it and flying away without entering - and after seeing your post that yours had vacated we took a peek yesterday - slightly lifting a cushion with a long stick - still a few there and I saw a queen crawling about - so now waiting - interested to see what they have built inside
I saw the one on Springwatch in the birdbox which was ball shaped - but of course inside a flat cushion it might be different.

Are you going to clean the box out at some stage ? and, if so, photograph it ?

S