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New Bee Species Found at Blenheim

Mason bees eat away at the mortar and can cause a lot of damage. The enter through gaps in the mortar. You may have had tree bumblebees which are quite rare and a different proportion altogether. Google them, the males do a dance outside the nest around May, unmistakable. They usually get in through the eaves or a gap in the slates.
I was worried at first when I saw ours, but got the binoculars out and could see a little while tail end. They were only there a couple of months
 
That was them, wow, that's great!

I watched them doing that dance and at the time I thought there were just tonnes of bees going in and out. Well, I'm very glad I left them to it now.
You're lucky. We get them every year. As I say, a rare, harmless. Something to look forward to every spring.
 
As an aside, I planted some Nigella Miss Jeckyl seeds a couple of months ago. The pale blue flowers have just come out. Nothing special. Except the bumble bees love them Have 8 busying on the small spread currently.
 
As an aside, I planted some Nigella Miss Jeckyl seeds a couple of months ago. The pale blue flowers have just come out. Nothing special. Except the bumble bees love them Have 8 busying on the small spread currently.
There is a plant in our garden that was there when the mother in law lived here, the thing was rampant with bees the other day
 
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