"David Hill" wrote in message
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On 04/05/2013 22:10, Nick wrote:
A rather odd question perhaps.
A cottage locally is being plagued by small bees. I don't know the name,
species or type of bee. They are nesting within the old and soft
brickwork.
No nesting within the building. Might be able to get a pic of one, if of
any
interest.
I would like to deter them, I most certainly do not want to
kill/eradicate
them.
They don't bother me but are bothering the tenants and their young
children.
Any ideas please for a suitable deterrent or some enticement to persuade
them to move house?

Thank you,
Nick.


http://www.spab.org.uk/advice/techni...-masonry-bees/

I would not know a mason bee if I saw one but I did get some snaps of a
Ruby-tail wasp which is a parasite on mason bees.
https://picasaweb.google.com/1132818...eat=directlink
The photos show the wasp entering a nest where the mason bee had laid an
egg. The circular 'tunnel' is in fact a countersunk screw-hole about 6 mm in
diameter, plastered over by the bee, which shows what a tiny creature the
wasp is. Quite the most gaudy colour I have seen on any animal.
R.