"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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Tumbleweed wrote:

"s guy" wrote in message
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It seems like we have some honey bees nesting in our garden. They have
made
a little hole in the soil and are going in and out quite frequently.
Are
they OK to keep where they are as we have 2 small children

My mother has literally hundreds of holes in her (sandy) frint lawn in
which
some sort of bee lives. Looks like just a few (maybe one) per hole
though.
Have you got lost of holes and many bees, or are many bees really living
in
just one hole? Anyway, she hasnt been stung in the past 20 years despite
walking over the lawn every day several times. You probably have
something
similar and are at similar risk, ie slim to none. BTW, I very much doubt
they are honey bees.

We have them, we go barefoot all summer, and have been stung at most
7 times in 25 years (that's for 4 people). In every case, because
we trod on one - and then it happened only when we let the white
clover flower. My sympathy was with the bees, except for my wife who
reacts badly.

Nick, I suggest that you were stung by honey bees working the clover.

Mary

Yes, it really is a mean time between being stung of decades, even
if you take a high risk. VERY rarely an issue.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.