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Huge bee hive

By *piritsonfab OP Couple over a year ago

Nottingham

Im Sitting drinking a cuppa in my front garden and noticed loads of big bumble bees have set up home in my ventilation brick under the window....!!!

There are hundreds and they are very busy!

One was giving another a piggy back...and no that's not innuendo lol, it really was - anyone know why?

(Not really fab-like convo but hey ho)

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

There’s people out there who will come take the queen and it’s army away with them ... safe the bees

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By *orthyorkypairCouple over a year ago

North Yorkshire

see if you have a local beekeeper they wwill happily come and get them do it quick before they start to nest they probably just swarmed recently

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By *piritsonfab OP Couple over a year ago

Nottingham

And put them where? Why can't they just stay where they have chosen?

Anyway they'd not be able to get inside to find the queen lol, they're in my brickwork

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By *piritsonfab OP Couple over a year ago

Nottingham

I need to do some research I guess....will there be honey??

Often have wasps or hornets nests but never bees.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

This freaks me out. I dont like them.

Last week at work I saw a swarm of bees, I didn't realise at the time they were. But they have built their home in a tree right by a gate i use. I shall now go the long way around.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Having done a small amount of Internet research, the piggy backing bees were likely to be mating. You're very lucky, not many people get to see that apparently. Bumblebee porn is very niche.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Ahhh joyous times

Beautiful

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By *piritsonfab OP Couple over a year ago

Nottingham

"Having done a small amount of Internet research, the piggy backing bees were likely to be mating. You're very lucky, not many people get to see that apparently. Bumblebee porn is very niche. "

Wow...I didn't know that I thought only the queen was mated.

Mind you it was an enormous bee!

My postman is complaining but I like them and I'm not moving them!

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By *uke olovingmanMan over a year ago

Gravesend

"Having done a small amount of Internet research, the piggy backing bees were likely to be mating. You're very lucky, not many people get to see that apparently. Bumblebee porn is very niche. "
do you get a buzz out of it?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Very possibly they are protecting the queen.

I once saw a shit load of bees set up home in a pedestrian refuge. They were all over that thing.

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By *uzukiNo1Woman over a year ago

Rhyl

Sounds lovely OP.....bees are protected so just leave them til end of season they will move on.....great to watch the comings and goings...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If they are bumble bees then the nests are typically not huge with only up to a few hundred bees max, usually less. Nice thing to have really and won't do anyone harm.

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