Kitchen Garden Forum

A couple of months ago whilst emptying one of my plastic compost bins I disturbed a small bees nest in there, so I promtly covered it with a large black pot with many holes in. Glad to report bees are doing well. the nest is situated on my bracica bed, and they are coming and going at a frequently . I recon there are about 20 bees in the nest but it is really hard to be sure as they are continually moving.
I have had these bins for about 7 yrs and this is the first time anything like this has happened.
Jane

How nice.
Your beans should pollinate well this year.

Lovely! I've got bumblers living in my shed.

The chap on the next door plot had this a couple of years ago, they chased him down the allotments when he first disturbed them by accident. They were red-bottomed bees like a small bumble bee. He left the heap alone for the summer and cautiously had a look in autumn and they'd gone.

MW

It was a bit touch and go when I first disturbed them but I put the plant pot over them and left them alone for a few days.
I think it was a very new nest as it was quite small. I look through the holes on the pot and it looks like it has grown qite a bit.
The bees are white bottom ones. Not sure what veriety this is but have been told that they are hiney bees
Jane