Carpenter bees? Are they nesting in holes in wood, maybe a shed?
My understanding of bumblebees is that their ‘nests’ last a year and then move own. Should be an interesting experience for you. unlike the hornets I had a year ago they don’t tend to be aggressive.
-35? In Wash.? In April?
I had a bumble bee nest by my back door in a gap between the concrete patio and chimney. One thing they REALLY didn’t like was our turning the lights on outside before dawn (which would shine into the nest). They would swarm the lights and bang against the backdoor as if screaming for us to shut ‘em off !
Everything you were afraid to ask about bumblebees-n-nests.
http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/bee-nest-removal-bumblebee.html
If you have a flower garden you will have a very good year.
Put a police of tobacco on any bee sting you get, takes the sting right out of it. Works for a few wasps.
TTIWWP.
Been stung by honey bees, always wondered if bumble bees and Carpenter bees stung.
Wasps and Hornets get the spray on sight.
You have little autobots at your place, cooool!
Probably carpenter bees which look a bit like bumblebees. All the bumblebees I’ve ever seen had nests in the ground. All bees are good and should be left alone unless they get inside your home. Wasps, hornets, and yellowjackets are nothing but evil. LOL.
As long as they aren’t carpenter bees. We’ve had a number of problems with them eating holes in beams on the outside of our house.
I haven’t encountered a nest of them, but I might as well have. I planted a few celosias in my front yard last year and they descended on and pollenated them for weeks. It’s interesting to watch them.. they’re not aggressive and are tireless workers.
I’ve wondered if a bumblebee-honeybee hybrid species combining the hardiness of the bumblebee and the honey-making talents of the honeybee could be developed to mitigate the decline in the honeybee population.
bumble-bee bump.
Thanks for letting them stay there...bumbles are pretty neat to watch.
At least you’ve got something productive in your birdhouses. The only things that ever nested in mine were squirrels. They’ve been raising their babies in my birdhouses for generations.