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[rogesse]

For the last couple of days OH and I have been watching a mason bee (I think) showing a great deal of interest in a knot hole in the kitchen door which is inside the sunroom. With the door to outside open it has been making straight for the hole, disappearing inside then crawling out backwards kicking out what I presume to be wood or dust debris.

It then flies off somewhere returning with in a couple of minutes to repeat the process. It definately knows where it is going and got quite cross with hubby when he stood directly in it's flight path

The question is - is it trying to nest and should I let it or is it collecting nesting material - I watched a wasp doing just that the other day returning to an old garden door to chomp long grooves. Fascinating but also worrying

Apologies for my ignorance

Jane

[selfraising]

I've got some mason bees doing exactly the same at the moment in my bee house. They have plugged up the ends of some of the holes. I have read that they lay there eggs in these holes then fill it with 'bee bread' which is a mixture of nectar to feed the larvae with and then the hole is plugged up. The adult then leaves.

[NOG]

I watched a wasp today laying eggs in the air holes of my wormary.

[Two_Sheds]

Yes, it's making a nest.
Mason bees don't make a big old nest, and they don't sting. They are excellent pollinators, so they're a good thing, all round Mason bee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Sweepster]

Last summer I was pricking out some seedlings from a seed tray that had been in my (open) mini greenhouse... as I dug around with my spoon I heard an increasing loud buzzing noise, then glimpsed 'something' under the compost - I stepped back in surprise and the critter had flown off (in an almighty huff I should think) before I could see it properly. Just left an empty little tunnel where it had been. I had no idea that there were such a thing as solitary bees etc, that they tunnel and dig, and just assumed it had gone mad

[Alison]

Mason bees are good, no worries there.

[rogesse]

Cool - it can stay