Recent content by CompleteNovice

Yes, sorry, I realise that. I just wondered how waterproof the cells/eggs were.

Hmm, I thought we were still on London clay where we were. Anyway, the front garden is very waterlogged :(

Returning to this subject, I'm wondering whether the bees will actually have survived all the weeks of wet weather we've had since then. Will they have drowned in their burrows, do you think, or are they sufficiently water-resistant?

He did, don't worry, which is why I was looking at unblocking them. 3 mm mesh ought to do nicely, if I can find some. Sad to say, though, the neighbour has had work start on his driveway - the men came along with a mechanical digger, dug up the garden and have put what looks like a cement-y...

Once again, thanks very much, everybody. The numbers have definitely decreased quite significantly now: from what Erichalfbee says above, I'm guessing the males have moved on and the females will be following soon. Would anyone know how deep these tunnels tend to go? There's an awful lot of...

Thank you very much to everyone who's replied. They might well be ivy mining bees, then, although there's no ivy in the immediate vicinity - there is (the sort with the less well-defined leaves) a few hundred yards down the road, and that has bees on it, but I'm not sure whether they are the...

Hello, everyone. As my username indicates, I know absolutely nothing about bees, but I need some advice, please. Just after that spell of really hot weather we had in early September, I started noticing a load of small bees flying around our, well, I won't dignify it with the word lawn, but...