Bumblebee queens need early spring flowers near their nests

Bumblebee queens need early spring flowers near their nests

Flowers as used by Bumblebee queens in early spring  Early spring flowers literally is the life blood for bumblebee queens and their colonies for newly emerged hibernating queens. The flowers can be crucial to the success or failure of their lives. The establishment...
Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair 2015

Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair 2015

Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair 2015 7Th March 2015  I am giving a bumblebee talk/presentation at the Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair Sat 7th March 2015, Staffordshire University Science Centre, Leek Road, Stole on Trent ST4 2DF. Talks 12.00-12.45pm...
Dad I think we need to talk about the birds, bees and flowers!

Dad I think we need to talk about the birds, bees and flowers!

Dad I think we need to talk about the birds, bees and flowers! Sometimes kids have a way with words!!   From a lovely Finnish web site in English, which I can recommend if you like nature, the environment and a host of related topics in cartoons! Well worth a...
Queen bumblebee mating and hibernation site prospecting?

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...