A bumble bee decided to set up residence:
Soon after that Mrs GT returned with some more nesting material. The bee was hidden but as soon as it was noticed Mrs GT rapidly left the nest. She returned a short while later with more material but saw the bee as soon as she poked her head in and promptly left the nestbox. No roosting last night.
This morning Mrs GT has brought more nesting material. Each time the bee has been out of sight but as soon as she left it started to move the material where it wanted. On her last visit so far Mrs GT once again started to enter the nestbox but left almost immediately.
I did consider trying to remove the bee though it would probably return.
In the end I thought, oh well, it will be a change to see what goes on in a bee's nest.
Very disappointing though as it's the first use of the nestbox for about three years.
Let's hope Mrs GT has the time and energy to start again somewhere else.
What a change in the weather. The temperature topped 20C yesterday and could go higher today.
At least it should dry out the grass so I can get the lawn cut. I did get some new fencing put up to replace the quick bodge job behind the large tree stump. This time with reed screening which blends in better:
It will look better once the wooden parts have weathered a bit.
All being well I should be able to make a start with filling the hanging baskets today.
That's a bit of a Bumbler.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame about the Great Tit but that is a fascinating video of the bumble bee. I think a few species nest in bird nest-boxes - certainly the Tree Bumble Bee does although the one in the video doesn't look like a Tree Bumble. They also nest in roofs - have twice had Tree Bumble Bees nesting in ours.
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