Painted Lady drops into my wildlife garden for breakfast! My 1st ever Painted lady (Vanessa cardui), butterfly, on 5.6.16 in my new house and wildlife garden. I used to get them a few times irregularly in the garden at my old place. It was feeding upon...
First ever wool carder bees in garden and nest boxes! The wool carder bee, (Anthidium manicatum), arriving in my wildlife garden absolutely took me by surprise. It was the first time I had noticed them. I was even more surprised when I found several females sleeping...
Pesticides and Bees:Keeping Bees Safe In Our Gardens Research Project Prof. Dave Goulson and Walacea (Back science you believe in) have joined forces to help you to help bees and buy truly bee friendly flowers. To get some background information read my article,...
Effectively castrated by the nematode Sphaerularia bombi, these queen bumblebees cannot nest The queen becomes a surrogate mother for the nematode worms When hibernating in the soil, the fertilised female nematode, Sphaerularia bombi, which only infects bumblebee...
Wildlife Gardening Presentation/talk Risley Moss Tuesday 14th June 2016 7pm This is the third in a series of talks by naturalist George Pilkington. Find out how you can attract wildlife to your garden. George will be showing his films and offering advice. Cost –...
“Feeding Wild Birds” a talk by George Pilkington of Nurturing Nature Sat 14th May 2016 Manchester Organic Gardeners were pleased to welcome George Pilkington again to speak to members at the May 2016 meeting. George spoke to the group last year...
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