Bees and apple pollination, a bite sized view!

Bees and apple pollination, a bite sized view!

Bees and apple pollination, a bite sized view! Scientists have researched which species pollinates these apples and how much is it worth in the UK. You can download their paper  Apple Pollination: Demand Depends on Variety and Supply Depends on Pollinator Identity....
Garden Bumblebee Talk Risley Moss Local Nature Reserve

Garden Bumblebee Talk Risley Moss Local Nature Reserve

Garden Bumblebees Talk and Presentation A talk by local expert George Pilkington on garden bumblebees, their ecology, pests, bumblebee decline, forage and his own innovative bumblebee nest boxes. Tuesday 26th April 2016 Risley Moss Nature Reserve 7.00pm – 8.30pm...
Bumblebee Presentation, Flint & District Honeybee keepers

Bumblebee Presentation, Flint & District Honeybee keepers

Flint and District Beekeepers Presentation I enjoy giving presentations to honeybee keepers. Many of them are keen ‘experts’ in honeybees and very knowledgeable about them. Its rather nice when they ask me to tell them about garden bumblebees or solitary...
Bumblebee queens where do they nest? updated video

Bumblebee queens where do they nest? updated video

Bumblebee queens where do they nest? Bumblebee queens nest in all sorts of odd places!  How do you find them? Observe, follow, observe, patience, patience, patience and a pinch of luck! This video shows a handful of the many strange locations I have found their nests....
Wildlife Gardening, Butterflies and Citizen Science

Wildlife Gardening, Butterflies and Citizen Science

Help solve the mystery of the UK’s back garden butterflies Butterfly Conservation’s newly launched Garden Butterfly Survey will attempt to lift the lid on how garden butterflies are faring. The survey will reveal garden butterfly declines and increases, how they...
Help the Soil Association get a permanent ban on neonicotinoids

Help the Soil Association get a permanent ban on neonicotinoids

Help the Soil Association to achieve a total ban of neonicotinoids. The new DDT? Something unthinkable is happening. Neonicotinoids are still contaminating our countryside, and poisoning our wildlife. A new study from Sussex University, part-funded by the Soil...