I've come across Digger Bees, Bumblebees, Large Carpenter Bees, paper wasps, cicada-killer wasps, and mason bees in my area. We have a lot of ground bees! And I don't use pesticide or bug killers. We spray lanternflies with soapy water. I feed birds irregularly (start in cold weather and fill the feeder maybe once a week in summer) so they dine on bugs. The only bugs I kill are mosquitoes and houseflies.
Terrific! Thanks so much for this post. This yellow-faced bumblebee was in my garden yesterday.
I've come across Digger Bees, Bumblebees, Large Carpenter Bees, paper wasps, cicada-killer wasps, and mason bees in my area. We have a lot of ground bees! And I don't use pesticide or bug killers. We spray lanternflies with soapy water. I feed birds irregularly (start in cold weather and fill the feeder maybe once a week in summer) so they dine on bugs. The only bugs I kill are mosquitoes and houseflies.