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  • Location: Redhill, Surrey
    • Location: Redhill, Surrey
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    We seemed to have adopted a little bee, Bert as we have named him. Bert has been busily bring little bits of leaves and filling the holes in the brick work with them. Now I know absolutely chuff all about bee's other than the basic and was wondering if anyone could enlighten me as to why Bert has been kindly filling the wholes in my wall.

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    We seemed to have adopted a little bee, Bert as we have named him. Bert has been busily bring little bits of leaves and filling the holes in the brick work with them. Now I know absolutely chuff all about bee's other than the basic and was wondering if anyone could enlighten me as to why Bert has been kindly filling the wholes in my wall.

    how much you paying him?Joe'll do owt to save himself a bit work but employing a bees a bit ott :( maybee berts building a hive for lou bee

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  • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl
  • Weather Preferences: warm and sunny, thunderstorms, frost, fog, snow, windstorms
    • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl
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    Sounds like it could be one of the Leaf Cutter Bee species (Megachile), as they use the leaves to build their nest.

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  • Location: Redhill, Surrey
    • Location: Redhill, Surrey
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    Oooo, thanks, he is rather a dinky bee, but seems to fill the holes right up, Bert has filled 3 up so far.

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  • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl
  • Weather Preferences: warm and sunny, thunderstorms, frost, fog, snow, windstorms
    • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl
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    Does Bert look anything like this?

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  • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl
  • Weather Preferences: warm and sunny, thunderstorms, frost, fog, snow, windstorms
    • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl
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    no that's quite obviously Eric :( James tsk!

    :(

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  • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl
  • Weather Preferences: warm and sunny, thunderstorms, frost, fog, snow, windstorms
    • Location: Saddleworth, Oldham , 175m asl
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    :( yes James Bert looks like that but not so fat.

    Well it will probably be one of them then, there are several species but I wouldn't know which ones are which.

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  • Location: Redhill, Surrey
    • Location: Redhill, Surrey
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    I will endevour to get a picture of Bert tomorrow, but he is rather a busy bee, so catching him wont bee easy.

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    I will endevour to get a picture of Bert tomorrow, but he is rather a busy bee, so catching him wont bee easy.

    i'm stung by your waspish humour.....................if he's that busy i immagine his bum ble hardly stop moving

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  • Location: Cheddar Valley, 20mtrs asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and lots of it or warm and sunny, no mediocre dross
    • Location: Cheddar Valley, 20mtrs asl
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    Could be a masonry Bee.

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  • Location: frogmore south devon
    • Location: frogmore south devon
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    Could be a masonry Bee.

    Well done jethro been trying to remember it's name,your right we have a lot of them round here they just love the mead-foot slate thats used extensively around here, it's easy for them to burrow into

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  • Location: Cheddar Valley, 20mtrs asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and lots of it or warm and sunny, no mediocre dross
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    na jethro..........I know the masons have dropped their standards but immagine how many trouser legs a bee'd have to roll up?

    Beggars can't be choosers. Before too long they'll be letting us girlies in too; can you imagine the havoc we'd cause :)

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