Lawn bees
seacrows
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I have bees in my lawn! They look a little like honey bees, but smaller and redder, so I guess they are mason bees. My dog has been trying to dig them out, and wondering what she was doing I watched a hole for a while. Along came a bee and it walked down into a little tunnel. There are at least 5 individual holes, I guess one per bee.
My problem is the lawn also has lots of moss, and was due for a 'weed and feed' treatment. Does anyone know if this will affect the bees? They have already survived at least two mowings.
Sarah
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It might, but it's nigh on impossible to say. Those eggs that are being laid will have hatched in a few weeks or so. Could you give the lawn a good raking to get most of the moss out now and open up the soil for the grass roots now and leave the feeding for a few weeks?
I think I'll just have to live with some moss, I don't know where all the tunnels are, and I don't want to collapse any of them by raking over them. I can spot apply moss killer to some of the worst bits.
They are fascinating to watch, in and out of each tunnel every ten minutes or so.
Sarah
Maybe the tawny mining bee
http://bumblebeeconservation.org/about-bees/identification/other-bees/