Solitary bee targeted by solitary wasp and survives We know most wasps are not social, not because they won’t leave you alone as you drink your pint!, but because they are known as solitary wasps. They live a solitary life as opposed to living with other wasps...
Press Release Mercedes-Benz Commercial Vehicle Dealer Enza Nature’s friend… George Pilkington and his new Mercedes-Benz Citan Blue is the new ‘green’ for Nurturing Nature’s Mercedes-Benz Citan Award-winning activist George Pilkington is passionate about all...
Erysimum Bowles’s Mauve for wildlife gardeners I am often asked which are good plants to have in a wildlife garden. This small bushy evergreen perennial wallflower (Erysimum linifolium ‘Bowles’ Mauve’) is definitely one of my top choices....
View solitary bees inside their nest boxes, their pests and coexistence with other species What happens inside your bug boxes? Want to show children bees at school? Want to observe bees? Want to increase your solitary bee numbers? Want to potentially increase your...
Out of sight not out of mind (or soil, compost, seed dressings, bulbs, top fruit, cereals, soft fruit) Please don’t think neonicotinoid pesticides have gone away just because there has been talk of a ‘ban’ – or because they (or bee decline)...
Stratiolaelaps scimitus (formerly Hypoaspis miles) a possible predator of varroa? Many years ago, Dr. David Gillespie an entomologist with of Agriculture Canada, discovered a leaf litter dwelling generalist predatory mite, which is also a native UK mite, that feeds...
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