How ‘friendly’ are bee ‘friendly’ plants from garden centres?

How ‘friendly’ are bee ‘friendly’ plants from garden centres?

So you want to help the bees? Buy bee friendly plants right? You are absolutely convinced now that bee numbers are crashing world wide. You know that bees are actually far more important to our food security than you realised. You have seen it on the TV, read it in...
Great British Bee Count citizen science phone app

Great British Bee Count citizen science phone app

Tuesday 10th June 2014 Public urged to become bee-spotters in first annual count People around the UK are being urged to take part in the first Great British Bee Count, which starts today (Tuesday 10 June 2014) and runs until the end of August, to help scientists...
Monodontomerus wasp silent deadly red mason bee assassin-video

Monodontomerus wasp silent deadly red mason bee assassin-video

Monodontomerus wasp silent killer of bees video for BWARS presentation 2013 I was asked to give a presentation about bees to BWARS at their AGM, Liverpool World Museum 29th Sept 2013. Well I thought, as an amateur and hobby wildlife gardener what on earth can I talk...