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...
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...
Tuesday, 20 May 2014 A new bee hotel from Nurturing Nature and its guests This year I got a new bee hotel, kindly given to me by George Pilkington from Nurturing Nature. What a great present! His bee hotel design has removable wooden sides with glass covering the...
Male mason bees Male bees are smaller than the females and require less food and cell space. They are laid near the entrance of the cavity and in my garden they appear 10-15 days before the females, who remain safely inside the cavity a little longer, further towards...
Red mason bee male’s first view of the outside world as a bee! video His first tentative look outside revealed a dull, breezy and cold day. What a welcome to your new life! The day before he started to chew his way out when it was sunny and a little warmer. He...
“Bees and Pollination’ presentation at the Pentland Science Park, Scotland The National Vegetable Society kindly invited me to give a presentation to over 100 of their members at the Pentland Science Park, about pollinating bumblebees, solitary bees,...
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