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The bee goes on

The leaf cutters are taking over! Luke hit a cricket ball into the box and it fell of the fence, but I’m hoping that’s not going to do them any damage. 13 and counting….(you can’t see the top one because it’s all brown but there).

First week of August

Up to 16. Nearly a completely full house. Look at the craft!

Leaf-cutter bees

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.