Who is living in your wild bee/bug hotel workshop? Review

Who is living in your wild bee/bug hotel workshop? Review

 Wild Bee Management Workshop for the Carbon Landscape Partnership FeedBack 3/11/18 Topics covered, included bumblebee and solitary bee nest boxes, species that use them, attracting bees, nest designs, pests, predators and their management, hygiene, other residents of...
Who is living in your wild bee/bug hotel workshop?

Who is living in your wild bee/bug hotel workshop?

Wild Bee Management Workshop for the Carbon Landscape Partnership George Pilkington from Nurturing Nature will teach us all about bee hygiene, why bug hotels are great for bugs but bee homes need their own space. George will teach us all about his specially designed...

Solitary wasps using the Nurturing Nature Observation Nest box

Solitary bees and solitary wasps in the same nest box? Yes! In the same nest box! Besides being pollinators solitary wasps are fascinating to watch as they store the cavities with paralysed prey items, many of which may be garden pests. The prey items are used by the...
Bee Hotels, Hygiene and Maintenance Workshop Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Bee Hotels, Hygiene and Maintenance Workshop Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Bee Hotels, Hygiene and Maintenance 29/8/18 Cumbria Wildlife Trust George Pilkington from Nurturing Nature will teach us all about bee hygiene, why bug hotels are great for bugs but bee homes need their own space. George will teach us all about his specially designed...
Ancistrocerus gazella solitary wasp larvae inside nesting cavity

Ancistrocerus gazella solitary wasp larvae inside nesting cavity

Ancistrocerus gazella, a new wasp to my summer bee solitary wasp nesting unit This mason wasp is also known as the European Tube Wasp. According to Wikipedia, the female collects as many as 20 caterpillars in each nest. Looking at the size of the cells, how on earth...