Siskins the Missing Garden Finches
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...
Queen bumblebee mating and hibernation site prospecting?
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...
Bumblebee queens need the right flowers to feed themselves and their young video
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...
Queen tree bumblebee (B. hypnorum) digging inside bird feeder! video
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, Bombus hypnorum,...
A wildlife gardener’s attitude to lawn mowing!
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...
Professor David Goulson: Bumblebee ecology and conservation video
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...
Orchard bee nest box used by solitary wasp a Passaloecus species video
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...
Little Christmas helpers infogram
Little Christmas helpers No, not Santa's elves! These little helpers are much much smaller and deserve our help! What a great infogram! Kudos to whomever took the time to make it. Thanks! Come Dine with bee The Urban Pollinators Project team have recently launched a...
Thank you bees and other insects for helping make Christmas!
The insects that made Christmas Bah! Humbug! So what if all these wasps, midges, flies, bees and other insects all die out? What good are they anyway? Good riddance I say! Oh! How often I hear these or similar words!! Well for starters Christmas would not be...
Seasons Greetings from Nurturing Nature
Nurturing Nature wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year! To all my customers and web site visitors, hope this gives you a Christmas Buzz! Photo.. thanks to Ron Rock.