Its not only birds that use bird feeders! Bumblebee hibernation or ‘sleep over’ site? Early September I was out in the garden when I saw bird seeds falling to the ground from a bird feeder next door. I looked inside it to find a queen tree bumblebee,...
A wildlife gardener’s attitude to lawn mowing! In my last house I made a lovely wildlife garden. When mowing the lawn, I would deliberately leave small patches of wildflowers uncut in the lawn to flower. I thought the clover, selfheal, buttercups, daiseys and...
Prof. Dave Goulson talks about bumblebees, food, organic gardening & neonicotinoids For people that know me, I have been practicing organic and wildlife gardening since the mid 1980s and caring for the environment whenever I can. Many people have heard me when I...
Solitary wasp as an aphid pest controller! Not all wasps sting us! Most never show any interest in us humans to the slightest degree. They prey upon smaller invertebrates including solitary bees and even honeybees outside their busy bee hives. The wasps either chew...
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