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Bumblebee nest in mound of topsoil

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Arewehomeyet · 02/08/2018 16:20

We inherited a pile of topsoil in our garden. We have used about half of it but have now discovered a bumblebee nest (we’ll they found Dh first and stung his ear Grin). We had been planning to flatten this area and plant it up next year. But now I’m thinking should we leave the mound for our bees and incorporate it into the planting?? If so how. Anything we could grow on it that wouldn’t disturb the nest?

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Arewehomeyet · 02/08/2018 20:49

Bump

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wowfudge · 03/08/2018 16:39

Get a beekeeper to move them.

MrsBertBibby · 05/08/2018 10:01

Beekeepers don't generally want to know about bumble, and moving bests is impossible without destroying them.

The nest will be abandoned in a few weeks as the males, workers and old queen die, and the new queens go off to hibernate elsewhere, so if you hold off, you can flatten it then.

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