“Bumblebees & Solitary Bees In Your Garden” A talk by George Pilkington Not Just for Beekeepers! Date Thursday 21 August 2014 Time 6.30 for 7.00pm Location Bodnant Welsh Food Centre, Tal-Y-Cafn Cost £2.50 each in aid of NBCW This fascinating talk, hosted by the...
Ban neonicotinoids now – to avert another silent spring This pesticide is destroying life across the natural world: the evidence cannot be denied. Only a global moratorium will stop it George Monbiot The Guardian, Tuesday 15 July 2014 20.27 BST A plane spraying...
The Bee Fly The Bee Fly is a furry looking fly thats looks similar to a Bombus pascuorum worker. Its larvae eats bees larvae. It is a bee mimic (Bombylius major?) and harmless to humans even with that very long proboscis protruding out of its mouth! Unlike bumblebees,...
Bumblebee roundabout, wildflower road verges… save councils money! Eventually persuaded my Local Council to plant this bumblebee roundabout some time ago. The wildflower charity, Plantlife, has joined up with Alan Titchmarsh and together are asking people to...
So you want to help the bees? Buy bee friendly plants right? You are absolutely convinced now that bee numbers are crashing world wide. You know that bees are actually far more important to our food security than you realised. You have seen it on the TV, read it in...
Tuesday 10th June 2014 Public urged to become bee-spotters in first annual count People around the UK are being urged to take part in the first Great British Bee Count, which starts today (Tuesday 10 June 2014) and runs until the end of August, to help scientists...
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