Dr C Moffat- “Why we chose Nurturing Nature for our bumblebee research programme” I’ve spent several years working with bumblebees both outside in the field and indoors inside a research laboratory at the University of Dundee. While looking for...
Nurturing Nature with South Liverpool Homes Group Residents Last spring, I was approached to teach a 6 week ‘taster’ organic and wildlife gardening course on behalf of the South Liverpool Homes Group to be held at Dutch Farm where the Liverpool Food...
Where are my Siskin visitors? I do get siskins on my garden feeders during the depths of winter but this year they have decided to stay in the countryside. Now I know why thanks to Clare Simm of the BTO Garden ! News Release 2015-04 January Missing: Garden...
Bumblebee queens mate, then hibernate! After mating queen bumblebees will continue to feed up for a while and then go off in search of a suitable hibernation site. I have only ever found one and was disappointed in the fact that a passerby and his dog disturbed this...
Bumblebees queens need early spring flowers. It really is quite simple. For newly emerged bumblebee queens after awakening from hibernation: No flowers = no food = no bumblebees! Without the appropriate forage plants, bumblebee queens will not survive at...
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