Why we need more bumble bee nest boxes in gardens Increasing importance of parks and gardens for wildlife Parks and gardens can comprise of a large proportion of a town or city, particularly in the suburbs and as in the countryside, parks and garden form a fragmented...
Bumblebee queen searching for a nest site How can you tell when bumblebee queens are looking for a nest site and not just foraging? One of the main visible clues is her behaviour and the fact that she has no pollen inside her pollen baskets. If she does she has...
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Bumblebees feeding upon early spring flowers. There are numerous books and web sites with information about bumblebee ecology, such as what flowers queen bumblebees will use at this critical time of the year for them. Flowers literally can be the life blood for queens...
Bumblebee queens, where do they rest? After my article bumblebee queens, where do they nest? I thought I would write another aspect of bumblebee ecology… resting! When queen bumblebees awake from hibernation, the first thing on their mind is to feed up and...
“All my articles and videos, available free, are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. Please help by spreading the word and forwarding this link to your friends and...
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