Apr 21, 2015
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...
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Mar 18, 2015
Lets help the pollinators and have fun learning! Dear enthusiast, We are all concerned at the plight of our bees and other wild pollinators due to loss of habitat, the introduction of new diseases, and widespread pesticide use. You are receiving this email because you...
Mar 9, 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...
Feb 23, 2015
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...
Jan 30, 2015
Dr C Moffat- “Why we chose Nurturing Nature for our bumblebee research programme” I’ve spent several years working with bumblebees both outside in the field and indoors inside a research laboratory at the University of Dundee. While looking for...
Jan 16, 2015
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...
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