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Old 15-07-2009, 09:55 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
EastneyEnder EastneyEnder is offline
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Default Bees attracted to freshly-dug earth and sand - why?

Miner Bees.

In March I had a mini-break in a small hamlet in Devon, Middle
Rocombe. One of the winding village lanes passed through a farm yard
and I was interested to see one wall of a very old barn beside the
lane was peppered with little holes. Miner bees were coming & going
frequently. Never seen anything like that afore.