u/Key_Seaworthiness827

It's been about 6 weeks since they first hatched and they are still busy. Much bigger now but they still don't seem to leave the box.

But what monster have they created? 😱

Bloody marketing wonks. You have one bloody job....

They are growing and now venturing outside but mainly stay in the box by the hole. This was captured earlier today.

Any thoughts on the grub thing that lands bottom centre at about 15 seconds? Is it food?

Btw the camera is looking down and the hole is bottom centre.

Chicken and spinach curry (with added veggies) and naan bread cooked in a bread oven on the barbecue.

All homemade from scratch.

They are getting bigger and occasionally fly out of the box but stay close They do seem to have red tails but it is hard to tell for sure as the box is high up.

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Meanwhile the nest is starting to look like the Clangers planet (showing my age 😂}

I'm clearing out my dad's stuff and found this lot. Older stuff from when he was a cub pack leader in the 60s, 'newer' stuff from me in late 70s/early 80s.

Is there any market for these? I'm not looking to make a killing, but don't want to throw them away after 60 years storage.

I will be safely keeping the (now illegal) sheath knife. I remember carrying this round on camps btw 😱

Found on a shelf at my dad's, a pack of Unigate branded Humphrey themed playing cards

Anyone remember Humphreys?

And at 0420 this morning, no hole. Busy bees

To follow up previous update, this was 0230 this morning - note size of hole

It's a few days since I updated but they are still in the box and getting bigger. Also doing some home repairs. Note the hole in the nest just right of centre. This was at 1930 yesterday.

I'll post follow ups separately

Another video of the bumblebees. No sign of them leaving the box yet. Are their wings developed?

For those who were interested in my earlier post about the bumblebee babies in my bird box, here's another from earlier today.

I have a couple of bird boxes in the garden and installed Raspberry Pis with cameras as a little project a few years ago. One of the boxes I left with last year's nest in it because I'd seen a bumble bee using the box over winter. We now have a bee box with 20+ bumblebees waiting to get going!

I had an old rear screen with damaged heater element so repurposed it.

Now the birds have a covered feeding area 😁

Win, win. 30 minute walk from home and one of the best performances I've seen. Tight band playing all the tunes you want.

£60 in GWAA charity shop (north of Bristol, UK)

Any good?