'Wild' honey bees

[BarleySugar]

Having been up to our new allotment site today I noticed that at the edge of the hole that has been dug (about 2ft square) for the water pipe has what looks like honey bees entering through tunnels about 6 inches down. Has anyone any advice about these bees. Eventually we will have to fill the hole in, and I suppose some people on site might be concerned about their presence. I am more concerned about what we should do to ensure they survive.
Ironically the majority of the commitee (of which I am a member), voted not to let bees be kept on site. As my son said, it looks as if the bees have other ideas. I would love to keep bees, and they are right on the corner of my plot! However I can see they might pose a problem right by the water tap.

[Flummery]

They sound like mining bees. We have these along our road, digging into the banks of people's front gardens. They aren't in the least aggressive - no-one's been stung yet - and they've been there for more years than we have (and that's 11!)

[Hilary B]

Any true honey bees living wild in Britain will have started from a swarm that didn't get re-hived (if it is true, as Mr Packham says, that there are no wild honeybees native to the country).

[BarleySugar]

I don't know if they are true honey bees, but they look pretty much the same size, shape and colour. If I'd seen one in the garden, that's what I would have assumed it was.