Let’s make money not honey……Pesticides – Fatally flawed Defra ‘evidence’- Fera from Defra were asked to research the use of neonicotinoids and the decline in bees numbers, the resulting evidence was to be used to challenge the EU...
Bombus pascuorum becomes a movie queen and gives my nest the thumbs up! To attract bumblebee queens to voluntarily nest in nest boxes, you have to use little tricks. There is a lot more to it than putting a nest box in your garden! To film wildlife you have to use...
Bumblebees, solitary bees and honey bees, lets keep them all buzzing! Whereas I have spent time studying wild bees in gardens and how to attract them, beekeepers have to have much more knowledge and experience. The visit earned my total respect for dedicated...
I just signed up to plant some free bee friendly seeds in my garden https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/bee-seeds Thanks to strong campaigning across Europe the pesticides which are blamed for killing them have been banned for two years, although there are others...
Oak tree joins list of trees under threat Like many other imported alien species, these were brought in from Europe on imported oaks. Do n’t we have enough British oaks here to grow instead of importing them? Our iconic oak tree is being attacked by the oak...
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