Friends of wild bees often have pets themselves, usually a dog or a cat. Anyone who wants to attract wild bees to their garden or balcony with a nesting aid naturally wants to know beforehand whether these useful insects can be dangerous to pets – or vice versa.
"Can wild bees sting my pets or otherwise bother them?" many people ask before buying a wild bee house. However, this concern is unfounded. Nobody needs to worry about their pets. Wild bees are peaceful by nature and only want one thing: to collect pollen for their offspring as undisturbed as possible and bring it to their nest, i.e. the BeeHome. So, as long as your dog or cat leaves the wild bees alone, the industrious pollinators will not be interested in them or even bother them.
Tip: Hang the BeeHome high enough
Of course, wild bees, like all insects, are interesting to dogs and cats, also as play or hunting objects. It can happen that a mason bee female stings a curious pet in self-defense. Such a sting is harmless to the animal and at most causes a brief moment of shock. We recommend hanging the BeeHome high enough so that the wild bees' flight path is out of reach of your dog or cat.
Vacation and wild bees? No problem
From experience, we can say that wild bees and pets do not get in each other's way as long as the wild bee house hangs high enough. The BeeHome inhabitants pose no danger. So, there is nothing to stop pet owners from getting these extremely useful insects as additional, very low-maintenance pets in their own home. And the great thing about vacation: Unlike a dog or a cat, it doesn't bother the mason bees in the slightest if you travel for 3 weeks.