Possibly Andrena nigroaenea and a cleptoparasitic ‘wasp like’ bee (Nomada leucophthalma?) in my wildlife garden Besides red masons, leaf cutters and a few other solitary bees nesting in my garden I have mining bees making their nests in soil behind wooden...
Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) queens were toilet trained! I have never seen this before with any other species. This was a particularly successful nest in terms of producing queens many of whom I saw foraging and returning with pollen over several days. I lost...
Numerous bumblebee workers sleeping outside overnight on flowers- i.e. their workplace! When out foraging, there is a very fine balancing act for them to undertake. Find and take for their own use enough fuel (nectar) for energy sapping flying, then carry a heavy load...
Monodontomerus wasp silent killer of bees video for BWARS presentation 2013 I was asked to give a presentation about bees to BWARS at their AGM, Liverpool World Museum 29th Sept 2013. Well I thought, as an amateur and hobby wildlife gardener what on earth can I talk...
Solitary Bees and Wildlife Gardening: Bee-riffic! Bees are an integral part of the world in which we live, in in terms of crop pollination alone it was estimated that in 2006 wild pollinators such as bees contributed £603million of pollinating for UK farmers! But...
Tuesday, 20 May 2014 A new bee hotel from Nurturing Nature and its guests This year I got a new bee hotel, kindly given to me by George Pilkington from Nurturing Nature. What a great present! His bee hotel design has removable wooden sides with glass covering the...
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