Our lucky day!

 

The Bumblebee Conservation website tells me "If you find a bumblebee nest, consider yourself very lucky! They aren’t very common, and can be difficult to find."

 

Well, today we are lucky! We have an area covered with stones in the garden (not made by us), which needs weeding occasionally and suddenly noticed around 5 or 6 bumblebees buzzing around us and acting anxiously. On closer investigation, there is a nest in the stones - they have made a hole in the lining to come in and out.

 

I managed to get a few photos although they weren't too keen on us getting close. We'll leave them alone and hope that they aren't too upset by our inadvertent disruption of their nest.