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Janet · 26-06-2013, 06:39 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

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On 26/06/2013 15:48, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:56:44 +0100, Corporal Jones
wrote:

Never been stung by a bee or a wasp in nearly 62 years, they just
carried on working around me.

Bumble bees have a life cycle similar to that of wasps.

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Chris sounds to be educated in the ways of the bumblebee. I wonder if
you can advise me on a suitable way to deal with the colony of
bumblebees that has found lodging in the fibreglass insulation in my loft.
I am happy enough to give them free accommodation for one season in
exchange for their pollinating my fruit trees. I visit the loft only
infrequently and if I leave them alone, hopefully they will reciprocate.
I would like to ensure that at the end of this season, when the new
queens have flown, that next year I regain use of my storage space.

SWMBO has declared that they are a protected species, and I must not
harm them. Not that I want to harm them, but I think she is wrong.
Is there anything of which I should be aware?

We hosted similar guests until the day I noticed a damp patch on the
ceiling, then found it was sticky. It was a honey leak :-( from mice
chewing the bees' stores.

Janet.