Bumblebee queens feeding upon early flowers

Bumblebee queens feeding upon early flowers

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...
Bumblebee queens, where do they rest?

Bumblebee queens, where do they rest?

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...
Hedgehogs and garden fences- a possible solution?

Hedgehogs and garden fences- a possible solution?

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...
Deluxe bumblebee nest box and an unwelcome visit by a cuckoo!

Deluxe bumblebee nest box and an unwelcome visit by a cuckoo!

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...
Sparrowhawk eating greenfinch in garden, watch video

Sparrowhawk eating greenfinch in garden, watch video

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...