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I'm taking down an old shed and all of a sudden I've discovered the start of a bumblebee hive/nest? I think they are bumble and not honey bees so can't get anyone to take the nest.
Would rather not kill them so I've carefully moved the nest into a builders bucket.
It's about the size of a tennis ball and can see the queen b (I've named Beeyonce)
Big field over by me do I'm tempted to take it over there.
Any tips on what to do or not to do ?
Any tips on what to do
Post some pictures!
can you not just leave it alone?
Just leave it bee
I would also like pictures.
Do bumblebees make hives?
I though they burrowed.
We had tree bees a few years back in our porch roof. Noisy things! Harmless though, we just let them get on with it.
There's not many bumbles that make hives up in trees or roofs, if I remember right most burrow.
I can't leave it alone as it's under the shed that's coming down. I'm not sure they've done a runner now after I ripped the floor up cause that would have been their roof
Last year I had a bumblebee build a nest in one of my sheds, the door is a bit rotten on one bottom edge so it was flying in and out through that small hole. Every time I opened the door though, the poor thing got really confused, buzzing backwards and forwards trying to find the little hole which had disappeared into a huge big one!
Had a few buzzing around this year, and I’ve hung up a bee/insect hotel, to see if I get any takers.