What's wrong with a bumble nest? I got one near the wood pile. Found it when I was stacking a bunch of new wood and saw four or five on the ground around a little hole in the grass. I knew they were timid so didn't worry too much. Till I got stung by one. Didn't want to get rid of the nest as they're some of the only bees coming around the garden (that *I* notice, anyway). Did some research and learned that there's really only about 60-100 in a hive and they don't produce much honey...no more than they use themselves...and that only the queen survives the winter. So...come fall I was gonna get rid of it. If I'm just going to grab some wood from the pile and leave, they don't bother with me. It's when I was dumping and thumping logs on the ground around their nest that they didn't like.

Glad you caught a bunch!