Garden Bumblebee Nest. Information from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust I have had many bumblebee nests in my wildlife garden sharing it with my family and dogs. Personally I showed my own children where the nests were to be found in the garden. Similarly on...
Christmas wreaths from natural materials We would like to invite you to the next ‘Memory Cafe’ at the National Wildflower Centre, run by WEA Tutor George Pilkington. The session will be held on Monday 14th December 2015, starting at 12:30pm with a finish...
Workers’ Educational Association Students on an Ecology course I had the pleasure of introducing this knowledgeable and keen bird watchers group to the delights of the wider environment in which we, birds and other wildlife find ourselves and how each has its...
A joint venture with the RSPB, Warrington Day Centre, Nurturing Nature and of course the peregrines! Students and staff on the Nurturing Nature course, from WDC attended Manchester recently to view the Manchester city peregrines. With the kind help of the wonderful...
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...
Hear this noisey bumblebee inside a poppy flower Many people have heard the sound of buzzing bumblebees inside flowers, but what exactly are they doing? It is called sonication and is a technique used by bumblebees to harvest more pollen from the flower anthers. They...
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