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  • Bamboo Bee Tunnel Nests: In Use!

    Just over a month after mounting bamboo bee tunnel nest bundles here & there around the house & yard, they have occupants!

    One of the bundles of small (a few mm ID) stalks on the kitchen window:

    Bee Tunnel Nest - small A
    Bee Tunnel Nest – small A

    Another bundle of small stalks on a window a dozen feet away:

    Bee Tunnel Nest - small B
    Bee Tunnel Nest – small B

    A bundle of medium (five to ten mm ID) stalks lashed to a downspout:

    Bee Tunnel Nest - medium
    Bee Tunnel Nest – medium

    Unlike the mud dauber wasps decorating our previous house, these little bees dart in and out without announcing their presence: we’ve never seen them at work.

    Assuming a single bee works on each bundle, she apparently starts with the lowest stalk and moves upward after filling & capping it.

    Larger bees have yet to discover the bundles of larger stalks out on the trees, but … so far, so good!