I suspect that most people when we talk about pollinators, simply think about bees, whether bumblebees, honey or solitary bees. They may not be aware that there are many other pollinators of flowers which they did not consider as pollinators. This book explains what a...
Great tits are known predators of bumblebees It is known that great tits (Parus major) will predate bumblebees, as filmed by S O’Connor as part of her research about the nesting ecology of bumblebees and Forster-Johnson, A.P. 2002. She mentions that they even...
Gardening for Bumbeless- A Practical Guide to Creating a Paradise for Pollinators By Dave Goulson As with his other popular books, Professor Dave Goulson has this canny knack of using his vast academic experience, mixing it with practical experiences and then...
Plants for bees: a 6-year study The following information along with a link to a more detailed report may be of interest to many of you wanting to help bees by having the flowers they will actually use. I hope you find it useful. From rosybee plants for bees Summary...
A ‘swarm’ of bumblebees is usually a mating ritual by Bombus hypnorum males I have had many different bumblebee species nesting in my wildlife garden and found many wild nests over the years. In 2001 (Goulson and Williams) found the first recorded Bombus...
Queen Bombus hypnorum with lover AND escort in my wildlife garden I heard a very heavy deep sounding bumblebee buzzing sound near me and lo and behold it was a queen Bombus hypnorum with a male who was mating with her and on her back was another male. I have never...
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