Video of ground nesting bees in UK-cool!

Hello Justin,

Thank you for your inquiry- from the UK!

Whow- I have never seen something like this.  What a wonderful sight.  If you are a bee person like myself, I would be delighted to have these in my garden because bees are a pretty precious commodity.

 I would make a special patch for the bees, by surrounding this area with a border of rocks and plants.  They obviously like the soil and the drainage of your garden. 

 

I assume you don’t want to destroy them, but control them in some way.  Nature is pretty good at controlling populations.  I would expect that growth of this bee has occurred over the past few years and that a drop in the population  is inevitable in the next few years.

 

If you do decide to arrange a border around this population, and it begins to extend beyond the border, you could water down the area to slow them down a bit.  But of course this would depend on the depth of their nests.

 

I think it is a great clip.  Hope this helps and keep us posted on what you decide to do.-  Margriet

reply from Justin

Thank you!

Will let you know how it goes