What better, safer way to teach children about bees? I had a really interesting and enjoyable day recently, when beside meeting some lovely people, I was manning a stall displaying my nest boxes containing red mason bee larvae, at the Royal Entomological Society...
Death outside the tree bumblebees nest box. There were 2 dead houseflies stuck to the outside of the tree bumblebee’s nest entrance, which itself was sticky. The bees were still inside. One had a black and white stripped abdomen which I found very strange,...
Solitary bee inside nest cavity viewed through window Instead of using cut pieces of leaves as a solitary leafcutter bee does, in its ‘cigar’ style nest linings and unlike a Red mason bee, Osmia bicornis, that uses mud, this solitary bee uses masticated...
I don’t really want to sting you…..read the signs! Bumblebees are really docile creatures which display ‘back off’ warning signs if they feel threatened. Learning these could be useful, especially if you want to photograph or film them. It is...
I wrote this article below in June 2013……Update.. June 2014 See this video here with Prof. Dave Goulson and other scientists who are studying neonicotinoids affects as part of the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides. They do not make their living as...
Mating tree bumblebees (B. hypnorums) Just a tiny part of the curious life cycle of this relatively new species to the UK. After their ‘drone dance’ outside the nests, comes the mating! “All my articles and videos, available free, are funded by my...
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