Why is a bee doing this??

There is some very strange behaviour going on in my greenhouse.

A bee is continually coming in the greenhouse (scareing me) with bits of leaf curled up under him and taking them into the bottom of one of my chilli pots.

What is going on??


Dave

 

She sounds quite a nice little bee to have in your chilli pot

 

She`s also nesting. And the leaves are to wrap her little babies in.:D

 

I have them in my cactus pots and although I dont like to harm bees, they are a pest.
I have found some pots to contain very little compost after their digging.
The pot is just full of their grubs and leaves.
The grubs hatch out the following year and the process begins again.

Very interesting to watch them at work, and not a problem as long as it doesn't get out of hand.

 

your lucky to have just a bee

last week i spotted a giant hornet . dam thing was way over an inch long
dam things are dangerouse and should not be in this country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM4MAt7X9xE
real scarry :eek:

 

i done some web searching and reported my spotting of the giant hornet
http://rescuebugblog.typepad.com/rescue_bugblog/2008/05/giant-hornet-in.html


i maybe over reacting . but the jet plane is bringing all sorts to this wonderfull island of ours . i live not too far away from Heathrow.

the world is becomming a smaller place to live even though its getting bigger with easier ways to travel :eek:

 

Found one of those scary blighters making a next in my shed about three weeks ago. I had been calmly working away putting Danish Oil on my new door and had been in there 10 minutes already. As I picked the door up to flip it over I saw the b*gger up in the ridge. It had already made the beginings of a nest and was curled around the central column under the umbrella bit.

Needless to say I "papped the trolleys" and ran away quite fast. I considered trying to trap it and get it out alive but then realised that it would just go straight back in at the nearest opportunity. That and the fact that it was the size of a helicopter.

In the end I emptied a can of fly and wasp spray at it and slammed the door shut.

When I opened it again a took a look five miunted later it was on the floor, obviously struggling but still very much alive.

Jumped on it and disposed of the carcass.

Had to go and have a cuppa and calm down.

 

Damage,
Check out Wood Wasps,they are huge but absolutely harmless.

 

OMG. Those hornets look pretty scary specially if they can be up to 2 inches long.
Do they sting?

I'm thankful that I have not seen one of these befroe, perhaps we are just lucky in Milton Keynes......

I have no problems with any other bugs and flying insects except for wasps. I react badly to their sting and I have an absolute fear of them.

 

Jock,
how can I tell if it is a Wood Wasp and not a normal wasp?

 

Shobna
The size of them usually, they can be 2 inches long so you'll know one when you see it.
leave them alone and they will do the same. Normal wasps are pollinators so they are not entirely bad.