Bumble Bee's Nest....!

[Rolfe 2]

I was called in to sort out a huge Bumble Bee nest that was located under an old beer crate at the back of a barn that was waiting to be cleared of rubbish..........but the workmen daren't go in It would have been easy to have destroyed the colony if i had wished too.........but due to the scarcity of these endearing little creatures i decided to save as many as i could and take the entire nest to another location where they may at least have a chance of survival. So after moving a ton of rubbish i managed to expose the nest and pick up as much of it as i could and placed it in a bucket to take to a remote wood-pile i knew of.......where i could bury the nest under some logs and give them a second chance at re-building the nest.

It was one of the biggest nests i had ever seen........about as big as a football........which for bumble bees is massive, made up of chewed polythene and leaf debri.........got a few pictures of it anyway for those who have never seen inside one.

[lurchers 2,750]

nice 1 mate.i got called out to a army house and had to treat a airbrick for wasps ans bees even though i didnt want to treat the bees.have you ever see that before as i havnt

[ArchieHood 3,692]

well done rolfe, hope they settle in ok

[trapperman 474]

i dug up a couple of mole nest mounds on my holding a few weeks back and the mole nest in one had been taken over by bumble bees, i put it back in and put soil back around it but not covering the entrance and they are still there now.

 

i hope yours will be o.k, good on you for trying to save them.

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Nice one rolfe.........

[arnieboy 93]

true gent only kill when nesscasery bees are getting a hard time at minute nice one mate

[hopelander 0]

I was called in to sort out a huge Bumble Bee nest that was located under an old beer crate at the back of a barn that was waiting to be cleared of rubbish..........but the workmen daren't go in It would have been easy to have destroyed the colony if i had wished too.........but due to the scarcity of these endearing little creatures i decided to save as many as i could and take the entire nest to another location where they may at least have a chance of survival. So after moving a ton of rubbish i managed to expose the nest and pick up as much of it as i could and placed it in a bucket to take to a remote wood-pile i knew of.......where i could bury the nest under some logs and give them a second chance at re-building the nest.

It was one of the biggest nests i had ever seen........about as big as a football........which for bumble bees is massive, made up of chewed polythene and leaf debri.........got a few pictures of it anyway for those who have never seen inside one.

good on you thats awsome stuff i hope they are allright

[Dowen Pest Control Solutions 0]

I was called in to sort out a huge Bumble Bee nest that was located under an old beer crate at the back of a barn that was waiting to be cleared of rubbish..........but the workmen daren't go in It would have been easy to have destroyed the colony if i had wished too.........but due to the scarcity of these endearing little creatures i decided to save as many as i could and take the entire nest to another location where they may at least have a chance of survival. So after moving a ton of rubbish i managed to expose the nest and pick up as much of it as i could and placed it in a bucket to take to a remote wood-pile i knew of.......where i could bury the nest under some logs and give them a second chance at re-building the nest.

It was one of the biggest nests i had ever seen........about as big as a football........which for bumble bees is massive, made up of chewed polythene and leaf debri.........got a few pictures of it anyway for those who have never seen inside one.

 

I always relocate them and I know they supposed to be on the decline but this year I have done 3 times more Bumble bee call outs then Wasps but it has been so far a bad year for wasps so far up here.

[Jaggsy 25]

Nice job lads

[stealthy1 3,964]

Good man Rolfe, nice to see the bee's relocated

[andybrock 2]

I was called in to sort out a huge Bumble Bee nest that was located under an old beer crate at the back of a barn that was waiting to be cleared of rubbish..........but the workmen daren't go in It would have been easy to have destroyed the colony if i had wished too.........but due to the scarcity of these endearing little creatures i decided to save as many as i could and take the entire nest to another location where they may at least have a chance of survival. So after moving a ton of rubbish i managed to expose the nest and pick up as much of it as i could and placed it in a bucket to take to a remote wood-pile i knew of.......where i could bury the nest under some logs and give them a second chance at re-building the nest.

It was one of the biggest nests i had ever seen........about as big as a football........which for bumble bees is massive, made up of chewed polythene and leaf debri.........got a few pictures of it anyway for those who have never seen inside one.

 

Rolfe,

 

Just interested to know if you have been back to check to see if the bees survived?

 

Andy

[Rolfe 2]

I was called in to sort out a huge Bumble Bee nest that was located under an old beer crate at the back of a barn that was waiting to be cleared of rubbish..........but the workmen daren't go in It would have been easy to have destroyed the colony if i had wished too.........but due to the scarcity of these endearing little creatures i decided to save as many as i could and take the entire nest to another location where they may at least have a chance of survival. So after moving a ton of rubbish i managed to expose the nest and pick up as much of it as i could and placed it in a bucket to take to a remote wood-pile i knew of.......where i could bury the nest under some logs and give them a second chance at re-building the nest.

It was one of the biggest nests i had ever seen........about as big as a football........which for bumble bees is massive, made up of chewed polythene and leaf debri.........got a few pictures of it anyway for those who have never seen inside one.

 

Rolfe,

 

Just interested to know if you have been back to check to see if the bees survived?

 

Andy

Will be checking it tomorrow ..........i will keep you posted

[poacher3161 1,766]

Well done mate.I have a nest under one of my sheds [bANNED TEXT] i go near a few large bees come out followed by some smaller ones even though they buzz around me none av atempted to land on me and sting me though i have found a couple that have drowned in a water tub.The last couple of weeks they av not been as active i wonderd if it was due to the weather.atvb