Mar 27, 2012
Bumblebees feeding upon early spring flowers. There are numerous books and web sites with information about bumblebee ecology, such as what flowers queen bumblebees will use at this critical time of the year for them. Flowers literally can be the life blood for queens...
Mar 24, 2012
Bumblebee queens, where do they rest? After my article bumblebee queens, where do they nest? I thought I would write another aspect of bumblebee ecology… resting! When queen bumblebees awake from hibernation, the first thing on their mind is to feed up and...
Mar 14, 2012
Wild pollinators contribute more than honeybees When I talk to school children about bees most of them mention honey bees making honey. None have mentioned bumblebees or solitary bees. This is a shame because researchers have shown that bumblebees and solitary bees,...
Mar 11, 2012
Hedgehogs and garden fences Our hedgehogs are in massive decline. That is why many people do not even see as many dead hedgehogs in roads anymore, quite simply there are less of them to kill. Hedgehogs not being seen in many gardens due to concrete fence panels was an...
Feb 9, 2012
Deluxe bumblebee nest box visited by cuckoo bumblebee All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. Cuckoos and their rather anti social behaviour are known to many...
Jan 29, 2012
All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes, and wormeries. Sparrowhawk eating greenfinch video… Greenfinch feeding on bird feeder in garden is ambushed by sparrowhawk, taken to...
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