Insect id help!
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Ok here’s a longer vid. Defo a big one and some little ones.
Do need to get them out and re home though!
https://youtu.be/5y_264iNyXI?si=wziRp1kLOjc9hHLn
Do need to get them out and re home though!
https://youtu.be/5y_264iNyXI?si=wziRp1kLOjc9hHLn
Yeah I don’t think people come and relocate bumblebees for you. And from my standpoint it’s hard to suggest displacing one ‘species that needs help’ for another!
That said - it looks a lot less like they’re actually doing anything worthwhile in the second vid. They may have decided it’s too big for them, fingers crossed
Have you had owls in there previously?
That said - it looks a lot less like they’re actually doing anything worthwhile in the second vid. They may have decided it’s too big for them, fingers crossed
Have you had owls in there previously?
They never moved in though - just house hunting !
To be honest I think the box being black recycled rubber product is going to be too hot for the bees. Re rehoming I was just going to scoop up into an ice cream box and put into the woods nearby. Or rather have some less allergic to bites/stings to do it !
That’s a fabulous picture!
Is heat not a concern for baby owls then? I’m slightly surprised anything would be able to live in a rubber box in summer here!
Bumblebees nearly never sting - most of them can’t IIRC. I certainly catch all the ones in our conservatory with my hands anyway and no issues so far. Don’t suppose you have a spare normal wood bird box you could stick on a similar tree and move them into there? (if they’re staying)
Is heat not a concern for baby owls then? I’m slightly surprised anything would be able to live in a rubber box in summer here!
Bumblebees nearly never sting - most of them can’t IIRC. I certainly catch all the ones in our conservatory with my hands anyway and no issues so far. Don’t suppose you have a spare normal wood bird box you could stick on a similar tree and move them into there? (if they’re staying)
Nightmare said:
That’s a fabulous picture!
Is heat not a concern for baby owls then? I’m slightly surprised anything would be able to live in a rubber box in summer here!
Bumblebees nearly never sting - most of them can’t IIRC. I certainly catch all the ones in our conservatory with my hands anyway and no issues so far. Don’t suppose you have a spare normal wood bird box you could stick on a similar tree and move them into there? (if they’re staying)
It’s an owl trust box - see the number / label on the bottom right it’s registered etc. wooden ones can rot apparently and owls nest for life or until they want to move hence why it’s a bigger getting them to move in. Is heat not a concern for baby owls then? I’m slightly surprised anything would be able to live in a rubber box in summer here!
Bumblebees nearly never sting - most of them can’t IIRC. I certainly catch all the ones in our conservatory with my hands anyway and no issues so far. Don’t suppose you have a spare normal wood bird box you could stick on a similar tree and move them into there? (if they’re staying)
Also the bumble bees nearly never sting …… this is where I find out the hard painful way they aren’t bumble bees !
David A said:
It’s an owl trust box - see the number / label on the bottom right it’s registered etc. wooden ones can rot apparently and owls nest for life or until they want to move hence why it’s a bigger getting them to move in.
Good to know, thanks 
David A said:
Also the bumble bees nearly never sting …… this is where I find out the hard painful way they aren’t bumble bees !
Pah, what’s life without a little risk eh?!They still in there today?
Common Porpoise said:
They could be using the wood shavings to build their nests elsewhere perhaps.
They are most probably tree bumblebees, Bombus hypnorumhttps://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/learn-about-...
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