Ground bees

[Toffee]

Does anyone have any advice as to how to deal with these? At first I thought they were worm holes, but have since seen bees coming out of the holes in the grass. I have googled this but can't find any advice as to control.

[Brulysses]

they're harmless, and won't damage your property, just leave them be(e)...they're a good thing to have as it means you have a little biodiversity in your garden, so please don't kill them!

[Jules-and-Boo]

Certainly don't kill the bees, please.

Do you not know how important and at risk they are?

They are completely harmless - some live in hives and some live on their own in holes in the ground.

If anything, please grow flowers and provide water for the bees to drink.

[Penguin68]

Agree absolutely with Brulysses. These will be bumble bees - you are lucky to have them. Great pollinators. (If you are sure they are bees, wasps are a different matter, though less likely to be ground dwelling - though that's not impossible).

[se22cat]

You are really lucky, we have them too and they are no bother at all and its really sad when they die. They cheer me up every time I see them and even more when one buzzes just past me on its way to do something.

[lavender27]

Ground-nesting bees can be encouraged to move to another location by sprinkling water on their nests. These docile bees do not form colonies and each nest is home to a solitary bee. However, they do tend to nest close to each other so there may be more than one nest in the area.

[Sue]

lavender27 Wrote:

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> Ground-nesting bees can be encouraged to move to

> another location by sprinkling water on their

> nests.

They must have to move home every time it rains, then, poor things :(

[Lowlander]

And unlike wasps they will not sting unless you really provoke them! If you must move them follow lavender27's advice

[siousxiesue]

Toffee Wrote:

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> Does anyone have any advice as to how to deal with

> these? At first I thought they were worm holes,

> but have since seen bees coming out of the holes

> in the grass. I have googled this but can't find

> any advice as to control.

What's the issue, why do they need 'control'? They are living in your garden (lucky you) and doing more good than harm

[ianr]

I think "advice as to control" can include advice as to whether they need to be, or should be, controlled.

There's more to read about them, btw, on the site that lavender27 quoted, https://www.reference.com/home-garden/remove-ground-nesting-bees-b092b33306609515.

[Toffee]

Thank you all for your advice. I certainly don't intend to kill them! I was wondering if they were aggressive bees. I guess they've moved in because the soil is so dry. Oh well, hopefully they will enjoy my flowers.

[Siduhe]

We had ground bees a couple of years ago in one of our raised beds. We went through exactly the same thought process, but they weren't aggressive at all. They were there for a summer and haven't had any since. In fact we rather miss them.