Jun 30, 2016
Kew Gardens take possession of award winning wild bee nest boxes Nurturing Nature Bumblebee nest boxes formed part of the huge and impressive “Hive” as well as being used elsewhere at Kew for bumblebee research by Dr. Hauke Koch ” The bumblebee...
Jun 30, 2016
The Gladiator bumblebee, Bombus vestalis, is a cuckoo bumblebee Yes we have all heard of cuckoo birds. Cuckoos and their rather anti social behaviour are known to many people. But did you know there are species of bees and wasps that are also cuckoos? Queen bumblebees...
Jun 28, 2016
Garden Bumblebee Nest. Information from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust I have had many bumblebee nests in my wildlife garden sharing it with my family and dogs. Personally I showed my own children where the nests were to be found in the garden. Similarly on...
Jun 20, 2016
Red Mason bee Osmia bicornis, from egg, larva to cocoon Unlike bumblebees and honeybees, which live in a social nest together as a family and work as such for the benefit of their siblings, Red Mason bees (Osmia bicornis) are just one species in a much larger family...
Jun 10, 2016
National Trust Wild Flower Gardening Book by John Stevens I bought this book when it very first came out. Being a terraced house dweller in Liverpool for my formative years, with no garden and an outside toilet, it made me realise what I had been missing had I lived...
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