Do female solitary bees give ‘hands-off’ signals to harassing males? Female solitary bees are accosted by males especially if they believe her to be receptive. Fertilised females are very busy with the physical and time demands of collecting pollen or...
Bumblebee nest box bedding material “ The instructions included with the Nurturing- Nature Bumble Bee box were very comprehensive. Most other Bumblebee box suppliers give little emphasis to the nest box bedding but the NN box gave excellent instructions and emphasised...
Red mason bee pre-copulation display I have often seen males on females and filmed them. Yet they were not actually copulating. If anything the males were simply ‘piggybacking’ on the females. I watched as males thrust their whole body forward making a...
Debra’s Report 2015: Birds, pollinators, habitats decline – download report link According to Defra birds, pollinators and habitats are in continuous decline. That is Defra’s assessment of the UK’s wildlife. This is just a snippet of some stats...
Red Mason bee life cycle updated filming New films and new editing. The complete life cycle of Red mason bees filmed in my wildlife garden, using my observation nest boxes, sprinkled with a little humour! I hope you like it! Looking forward to 2016 and seeing what...
Winter, Mahonia and bumblebees seem to go together! I have heard many reports of Bumblebees working on Mahonia down south. This is my very first sighting of them so early in the year here. There were two sections of mahonia, separated by several other bushes and...
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