Recent content by picklefactory

Well... they look like yellow wellies, but they'd have to walk upright on their hind legs to be of use, I suppose. I've just been mooching on the net, and the closest match I can find is a bombus lapidarius. That looks like the fellas I have, 'cept mine have wellies, or I think it's wellies...

Oh, nearly forgot, does my description match that of bumble bees? I have a photo if required? Just thought I'd check i'm talking about the right sort of bees.

Thanks folks. As long as the numbers entering the house don't get any worse, I'm happy to keep letting out the 2 or 3 a day I seem to be getting inside. It'll be a bit irritating I expect, after a while, but I like bees and really don't want to harm them unless I have to. My aunt was a bee...

Apologies folks if I'm being cheeky and registering here when I'm not a bee keeper, but thought this the best place to go for advice. I have a colony of bees moved into my house, well under it more specifically. They are accessing through an air brick next to my front door. They are not causing...