iN VIDEO: Bumblebee colony makes nest in Kamloops shed

Ann Turkenburg Scott has a colony of bumblebees nesting under a shelf in her Kamloops shed for the summer in what appears to be a messy pile of leaves and dead grass.

Unlike a beehive, bumblebee nests are formed under natural debris, often tucked inside trees, bird boxes and nooks in sheds, so they are harder to find.

Although bumblebee nests look disorderly, they are clean as the bees deposit their dead and old larvae outside of it to prevent diseases from spreading, according to BeehiveHero.

Bumblebees nest every year when the queen lays eggs that hatch into new bees that the colony feeds and raises. When finished, the colony will leave and build a new nest from scratch in a new location next year.

“It’s cool, we’re going to leave the nest alone,” Scott told iNFOnews.ca “We were a little worried at first since they’re located next to the entrance of our shed, but they’re not aggressive at all.”

In Scott’s video, the fuzzy pollinators can be seen and heard buzzing busily around the nest.

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