"Reentrant" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 Jun 2015 15:28:05 GMT, DerbyBorn
wrote:
I have a recently built extension and have seen bees getting
between the
sarking membrane and the Marley concrete roof tiles. I am concerned
they
may find their way through an overlap and get into the void.


The main house has a black plastic comb like strip to prevent
insect
access.


I am wondering if I should try sliding the bottom row of tiles up
and
fitting some. Should the tiles normally just slide up? What is the
strip
called? Any alternatives without disturbing the tiles - or are they
easy to
move without damage?

They are probably tree bumblebees (nimbus hypnorum).

I don't mind bumblebees, very placid creatures.

I remember a few years ago i went fishing and had one circulating next to me
at about 6 inches from the ground, it stayed around even after I'd tried to
send it on it's way with a flick of the wrist.
It didn't get agitated or aggressive, it just kept coming back to the
fishing box I was sitting on, and then after an hour or so, I realised I
must have put my box down on top of it's nest entrance. I moved the box over
about a foot and it went into a small hole, I just carried on fishing, and
the bumblebees came and went all day without incident, we were on nodding
terms by the time I went home