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    Hello and please help - ants in the bee house

    That is certainly helpful to know for future as often I would leave the gardening bits around that area for later being cautious of the bee house. I have just been out and they seem to be busy going in and out which is great. Thank you again it is good to know if we are helping or hindering...
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    Hello and please help - ants in the bee house

    Thank you again, it is quite fascinating to learn all of this. I have had these houses last year but there were only a few bees which then just disappeared. This year it seems a lot busier which is great. It is definitely nice to know that the houses don't have to be like the ones I bought. I...
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    Hello and please help - ants in the bee house

    Thank you for clarifying, as you can tell I had no idea. Still love that they come to our garden. Also thank you for explaining the danger situation, I was quite concerned to see lots of ants last night and thought they may discourage the bees as they seemed quite hesitant entering the house...
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    Hello and please help - ants in the bee house

    Hello and thank you for your response. I think they are honey bees but I am not certain. I attach a video of one of the bees a few days ago before noticing the ants and a couple of photos. I can see that the ants seem to be hogging one of the openings within the house one is even on the photo if...
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    Hello and please help - ants in the bee house

    Hello everyone, I am Aleks based in Midlands. I joined this forum as while we don't keep bees as such we do have a couple of large shop bought wooden bee houses/hides. It seems that it has attracted a lot of bees this year which is great we see them go in and do their work. However in the last...
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