A bumblebee nest box through time by Nurturing Nature

A bumblebee nest box through time by Nurturing Nature

A Bumblebee nest box through time 2011-2019 I got the idea from the BBC 2 TV programme “A house through time” presented by David Olusoga, a Professor of Public History. A house in Liverpool, my old home city, in one house, 62 Faulkner Street, told the...
Bombus terrestris queen egg laying and cell making

Bombus terrestris queen egg laying and cell making

Bombus terrestris queen egg laying in her nest In the wild many new queen bumblebees fill their crop with nectar, mate and then hibernate over the winter months. A few may stay around to establish a nest depending upon species and location. See BWARS Winter Bumblebees...
Converting a boring lawn into a wildflower meadow part 2

Converting a boring lawn into a wildflower meadow part 2

Turning a boring lawn into a wildflower meadow part 2  Here is a film of a lawn which was left a short period after I persuaded the owner to leave it uncut after seeing what flowers were there but never allowed to reach their full potential. It turned out to be the...
Who is living in your wild bee/bug hotel workshop? Review

Who is living in your wild bee/bug hotel workshop? Review

 Wild Bee Management Workshop for the Carbon Landscape Partnership FeedBack 3/11/18 Topics covered, included bumblebee and solitary bee nest boxes, species that use them, attracting bees, nest designs, pests, predators and their management, hygiene, other residents of...
Who is living in your wild bee/bug hotel workshop?

Who is living in your wild bee/bug hotel workshop?

Wild Bee Management Workshop for the Carbon Landscape Partnership George Pilkington from Nurturing Nature will teach us all about bee hygiene, why bug hotels are great for bugs but bee homes need their own space. George will teach us all about his specially designed...