Bees and wasps...

....sharing the same accommodation. Never seen this before, common wasps (I think) and common carder bees nesting in the same skep. Wasps to the left and bees to the right. It will be interesting to see how they get on.

Image taken with my Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12" tablet

Two more images taken with my Fujifilm W3 Camera.

Interesting David, but I think I would run a mile!!

Don't do that, Kim!!😲 Bees, wasps, slugs, snails, and many other creatures, need all the help they can get to live with us humans. Get out there and photograph them, and give them the publicity they need to improve their chances.🐝🐌🐛🐜🐞

David I agree with what you say about preserving insects, in my parts of well farmed and sprayed farmland once common insects are very hard to find, I can drive around this area for a long period of time and still have a clean windscreen while after a couple of days driving around Teesdale I could hardly see out of the windscreen for squashed insects.Intersting to see different insects using the same site.
Keith.

That's fascinating, how are they getting on? I really would have thought they would fight? Perhaps shows there are limited nesting sites around so they have to share?

Thanks Keith and Dawn. Unfortunately I think the bees have been 'assimilated' to use a Star Trek euphemism.😱😲 I'm seeing only wasps going in and out, although there are common carder bees foraging in my garden they must be from a different nest.

Two male wool carder bees made an appearance on Wednesday which are great to watch.