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"Beryl Harwood" wrote in message
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Thank you for that extra information. No, I owuld not have discarded
the tubes or cleaned them out. The leaflet that came with the tube
informed me about the leaf or mud 'plugs' and said to move it to
somewhere to protect it from frost, but not warm, for the winter and put
it out again in April time.

Good. I'm sorry if I jumped in too swiftly but you might not have had the
information.

No, I am always pleased to receive from the fount of you knowledge.

It has to have some occupants first though
as it has only been out for a short time, since when there have been
only very rare sitings of bees of any kind.

You possibly wouldn't even recognise mason bees. You'll know when it's been
turned into a nursery by the plugs on the outside of the tubes.

Well I keep looking

I hope it does get used
though I suspect it may be too late for this year.

I'm not sure - but in any case persist. If it's not used leave it for next
year - and the one after that - enticing solitary or bumble bees into
artificial nests isn't 100% successful but having bought your tube there's
no point in throwing it out. It MIGHT be used :-)

Yes, I will do that, I always live in hope of such things being used and
I think sometimes it takes a while for them to realise it is there.

If you can't be bothered I'll take it off your hands G

May be some time before I want to do that, but I will remember
Beryl