Leaf cutter bee making nests inside Nurturing Nature’s observation box Probably Megachile centuncularis, also known as the patchwork leaf cutter bee, seen here living up to its name. The video shows how much time and effect is needed by these bees to fulfill the...
“Bumblebees & Solitary Bees In Your Garden” A talk by George Pilkington Not Just for Beekeepers! Date Thursday 21 August 2014 Time 6.30 for 7.00pm Location Bodnant Welsh Food Centre, Tal-Y-Cafn Cost £2.50 each in aid of NBCW This fascinating talk, hosted by the...
Ban neonicotinoids now – to avert another silent spring This pesticide is destroying life across the natural world: the evidence cannot be denied. Only a global moratorium will stop it George Monbiot The Guardian, Tuesday 15 July 2014 20.27 BST A plane spraying...
Solitary bees have many enemies. See some for yourself From cuckoo wasps to cuckoo bees, tiny mites and even a fly all pests of solitary bees. Many of these filmed are sneaky and fast. Whilst the female bee is out they will sneak in, lay their egg and dart out...
Bumblebee roundabout, wildflower road verges… save councils money! Eventually persuaded my Local Council to plant this bumblebee roundabout some time ago. The wildflower charity, Plantlife, has joined up with Alan Titchmarsh and together are asking people to...
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...
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