Wooden bench or Des Res!

[greenjelly]

Can anyone one identify this bee!!

Today I noticed a small bee going into an empty screw hole in a wooden bench we have in our garden.

the bee is small and dark yellow or brown, he has a broad stripe across his body with a yellow bottom. His bottom is very rounded not pointed at all.

He appears to be living in there (the bench) by himself. I observed him over half an hour coming and going and it was just 1 bee.

To bee or not to bee!!

Greenjelly

[dominic10]

I don't know if it is the same kind of bee but when our picnic bench became home to bees, they hollowed out one of the legs in a matter of months.

[Mato]

I've never heard of a bee living by itself. It sounds like he's a scout bee making a nest ready for the Queen and her many troops.