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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.

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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.
I leave the door open and let them work their own way out. They're coming in after the kale flowers here.

That way seems easier than my takeout tub and piece of card.

I just leave the door open and they make their own way out, but I do like your bait to tease them out.

Great idea! I tried putting a pot with flowers just outside but it seemed to bring more in.

(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

(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

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.

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.