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03-05-2010, 09:33 PM
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| | | Osmia rufa - nesting in my masonry??
Wondered if anyone could confirm that this is Osmia rufa??
Found several nesting in the masonry of my house today.
Cheers. Jane
Male ? 
Female?  |
03-05-2010, 09:36 PM
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| | | Re: Osmia rufa - nesting in my masonry??
Looks like it doesn't it?! |
03-05-2010, 09:40 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Corfe Mullen, Dorset
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| | | Re: Osmia rufa - nesting in my masonry??
So now I'm literally living with bees! I wonder if we are covered for "bee damage" on the insurance 
Thanks eucera. Jane |
03-05-2010, 10:00 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Gloucestershire
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| | | Re: Osmia rufa - nesting in my masonry??
You'd better watch out - this happened to a local house a few years ago and the front corner collapsed!!
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04-05-2010, 07:39 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Salisbury; Wilts
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| | | Re: Osmia rufa - nesting in my masonry??
Osmia never dig the burrows they live in. They always use existing cavities. |
04-05-2010, 06:03 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Corfe Mullen, Dorset
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| | | Re: Osmia rufa - nesting in my masonry??
So the house might fall down but not because of the bees! 
Cheers. Jane |
04-05-2010, 09:05 PM
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| |  Re: Osmia rufa - nesting in my masonry??
Hi, I'm new on here. I've been looking everywhere for a forum on Mason Bees, with no success. I was wondering if anyone on here could answer a few questions for me? I have had male bees flying around the nest box for weeks now and nearly all my tubes have holes in the ends. Now going on what Chris O'Toole says in his book, a hole at the entrance should indicate that the bees in this tube have hatched and flown.
Well, I then fould some loose cocoons on the floor below my box, I went to pick them up assuming they were failed bees when one of them buzzed! The 3 loose eggs then hatched as I watched and some very sleepy, small bees emerged. One went into a tube in the nest box and two just sat on the top. I am now worried that they have been woken too soon and will not survive and I am confused as to how I can have holes in the ends of tubes that have not been completely vacated? This makes me wonder how I can be sure they are empty when I come to clean them out. Any advice on whether these 3 bees will survive and how I will know when to clean them out now I cannot rely on the Chris O'Toole method will be greatly received!
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06-05-2010, 06:19 AM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Corfe Mullen, Dorset
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| | | Re: Osmia rufa - nesting in my masonry??
Hi Toriap
Two places with great information about Bees: BWARS website - it has a free forum you can join
Blog about Solitary Bees
These might help you.
Cheers. Jane |
06-05-2010, 09:54 AM
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| | | Re: Osmia rufa - nesting in my masonry??
Also... there is an information sheet on Osmia rufa available for download on the BWARS hoemepage |
08-05-2010, 08:50 PM
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| | | Re: Osmia rufa - nesting in my masonry??
Thanks for getting back to me and the info, will check out those sites and hopefully get some answers!! | | |
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