Bamboo canes and nesting blocks for solitary bees In the right hands, bamboo canes have been successfully used for years to attract solitary bees to nest inside. The key words here are ‘in the right hands’. People who successfully use them know what bees...
Many solitary and social wasps are pest controllers! Not all wasps sting us! In fact, most do not. They never show any interest in humans whatsoever. Yet they have such a bad name because a few may sting. They prey upon smaller invertebrates. Stinging social wasps and...
Red mason bee pre-copulation display I have often seen males on females and filmed them. Yet they were not actually copulating. If anything the males were simply ‘piggybacking’ on the females. I watched as males thrust their whole body forward making a...
Red Mason bee life cycle updated filming New films and new editing. The complete life cycle of Red mason bees filmed in my wildlife garden, using my observation nest boxes, sprinkled with a little humour! I hope you like it! Looking forward to 2016 and seeing what...
Useful pollinator research and resources Want some easy to read scientific research about insect pollinators to download for future reference? I have selected the research areas solely relating to insect pollinators and given links to downloadable PDF’s, with a...
Why did you buy your bee home? There has been a surge in the number and designs of bee houses (they are not hotels!) you can buy in garden centres. Alas many of them were designed for the wrong reasons. Some designs just don’t work, have harmful or minimal outputs for...
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