Bumbles seemed to recover but now they seem gone and left a birdhouse full of hive, incl some unopened cells. Should I take it down and vent it to let more air in? Perhaps everything is dead or perhaps some little bees are still in cacoon.
Yesterday was hot and I saw neat interaction between bees wasps and jumping spiders. A NEW bee! Looks just like a yellow jacket but instead it visits flowers. It has a slightly shorter tail and the proof is in the legs that have pollen baskets. But so close a mimic! A big jumping spider made a grab for her and just missed. (on thyme flowers).
There is also a potter wasp building on the outside of my rock wall with MY cob. She was having a bit of trouble because a spider? wasp was coming too close.
She chased her away many times. (the ones that hunt along the walls and dart their long tail spike into spiders or maybe catapillars. Anyway, a couple of minutes later a small different type jumping spider edged up to the spider wasp and made a grab for her. Missed too. Back to rain today. Hope the potter is doing ok.
We have milliions of tent catipillars this year and lots of slugs due to very wet weather.