We have got leaf-cutter bees. I thought they were Willoughby’s LCBs but they might be Patchwork ones – and the Wildlife Trust reassures me that they are very difficult to tell apart.

They nest in the bee house we picked up in the street. I cleaned it last year and there was one that had died still in there. We drilled holes in some logs and they nest in those too, but they need to be sunny. There are 2 bees in the picture at the bottom. One coming out, and one inside the hole to the left of it.

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