bees in the shop

[triw51]

Strange thing happened the other day, I was turning some mesquite approx. 6" diam. and was cut about 6 months ago so still green. After I had a pile of shavings piling up I noticed bees flying around the shavings. One even was in the shavings that were in my hair. Any idea why bees were attracted to green mesquite? I have turned a lot of mesquite and some from the same tree but no bees that I noticed.
Thanks for input, William

 

[Gwatson50]

Global warming


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[Edgar]

Bees like most any kind of nectar, including mesquite. There's not much in the way of nectar flow this time of year, so I'm guessing the bees were attracted to the aroma of the green mesquite shavings, mistaking it for mesquite flowers.

 

[tomtedesco]

Sounds like you need new screens on your windows.

 

[TellicoTurning]

I work with my shop door open most of the time, except in winter or rain, I get wasps, sweat bees, horse flies (neighbor has horses in pastured across his driveway that runs behind my shop), dirt daubers, carpenter bees, stink bugs and an occasional bird in the shop all the time... most fly in, look around a bit and fly out again.