Hover Bees

Our garden is quite small and narrow so we are a bit concerned about the amount of hovering bees that seem to always occupy the same spots!!!

we have two young kids so are a little worried.

I think they may be carpenter bees. They seem to just stay in the same spots for hours on end.

can we humanly deter them from being in these spots?

 

Bees tend to keep moving from flower to flower, if they are hovering in one place they could well be hoverflies. They are harmless, mimicing bees and wasps for protection. See here ID Guide Hoverflies – British Naturalists' Association and here hover flies uk - Google Search

 

I'm getting lots of those bees at the moment.
Definitely bees,I put a picture up in the what's buzzing thread a couple of weeks ago.
They have long legs that hang down some times.

Just don't mess with them and they won't bother you.

 

Looking online... I’m 95% certain it’s these bee flies...

we are just a little worried as we a 4 year old and a 5 day old newborn! The bees always occupy the same spots... hovering in the same spot all day!!!

 

Beeflies are harmless, like hoverflies they mimic bees and wasps for protection. They use the long "snout" to feed on nectar.
See Bombyliidae - Wikipedia for more details.

 

These are the ones I'm getting. Not a great picture but no long spike at the front.

 

Pete, I’m getting those too!!! They just look like bees to me, but without the stripes.

they hover on the same spot for hours which is weird. Hopefully once more plants flower, they will be confined to the borders.

Our garden is narrow so it’s not ideal for the kids being out.