Bumblebee roundabout at Warrington – the best I’ve seen!

Bumblebee roundabout at Warrington – the best I’ve seen!

Bumblebee roundabout The future bumblebee and wildflower traffic island, looks a little tired and depressed at the moment! As most of them do! But that need not be the case….. This roundabout was a typical boring green grassed roundabout. I approached my local...
Bumblebee lawn-the best I’ve seen!

Bumblebee lawn-the best I’ve seen!

  All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes,  and wormeries. I have been watching the progress of this lawn for some time. To many people a lawn is a lawn. It has to be mown and...
Bumblebee life cycle, kids video

Bumblebee life cycle, kids video

A bumblebee’s life cycle video aimed at children, that also gets the message across to us adults! It explains the complete bumblebee life cycle and is a nice animated overview of a complex issue. Although, in reality bumblebee queens lives are  fraught with many...
Wood mouse babies born in humane mouse trap!

Wood mouse babies born in humane mouse trap!

All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award-winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes,  and wormeries. A female wood mouse has been trapped in the humane mouse trap by the Trapman for a few hours. I deliberately feed and water...

Moving Bumblebee nests-BBC Gardeners World Blog

All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes,  and wormeries. I found this BBC Gardeners World Blog article about moving bumblebees bees nests and display here for interest only….....
Bumblebees – their natural enemies and pests

Bumblebees – their natural enemies and pests

All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes,  and wormeries. Many species of bumblebee have black and yellow stripes, an obvious warning sign in nature to predators that hunt by sight....