Bee rescue
Small chilli Online
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You have to rescue bees when they get in the tunnel or greenhouse don’t you. I used to wait till they were buzzing around at a height I could reach them. Then pot a pot over them & slip some paper or something between pot and tunnel wall. Take them out & let them go. It worked but it was time consuming, stressful for the bee and there’s always the chance of accidentally hurt the bee by trapping a leg os something. 
I came up with a new approach at the end of last season. I pick a small bunch of flowers. After the bee has been bouncing around and getting tired. Just hold the flowers up to the bee. They climb on for a feed and you can walk them outside stress free.

         

For the bees that rest out of reach. Stick your little bunch of flowers in the end of a cane.

         
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Bee-ootiful photos, SC. Smile
I leave the door open and let them work their own way out. They're coming in after the kale flowers here.
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That way seems easier than my takeout tub and piece of card.
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I just leave the door open and they make their own way out, but I do like your bait to tease them out.
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PyreneesPlot Offline
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Great idea! I tried putting a pot with flowers just outside but it seemed to bring more in.
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(14-04-2021, 10:29 PM)Can the Man Wrote: I just leave the door open and they make their own way out, but I do like your bait to tease them out.

We must have dense bees! I find too many dead ones if I don't do a bit of bee herding before shutting the door Sad
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(14-04-2021, 10:33 PM)PyreneesPlot Wrote:
(14-04-2021, 10:29 PM)Can the Man Wrote: I just leave the door open and they make their own way out, but I do like your bait to tease them out.

We must have dense bees! I find too many dead ones if I don't do a bit of bee herding before shutting the door Sad
Same here. Especially this time of year. Not enough in there for them to feed on.
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 These flowers are attracting the bees into the GH - kale, landcress, rocket and some Oriental veg. 
The kale flowers smell really sweet - more like roses than brassicas.
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Wasps have no problem finding their way out but bees must not have very good vision or are a bit thick.

May be that's why they are called bumble bees.
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