Apr 9, 2015
Hedgehog feeding up after a long hibernation Very nice to see a hedgehog in my garden so early in the year. I realise it must have hibernated not too far away… be interesting to find out! The peanut butter mixture proved very popular with dried mealworms,...
Apr 4, 2015
Beware! Is your ‘bee hotel’ a nursery for disease and pests? Or put another way, why does n’t my bee hotel work and increase my wild bees? I wish, from my experience as a researcher, educator, designer, user and producer of bee boxes, to shed light...
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Mar 18, 2015
Lets help the pollinators and have fun learning! Dear enthusiast, We are all concerned at the plight of our bees and other wild pollinators due to loss of habitat, the introduction of new diseases, and widespread pesticide use. You are receiving this email because you...
Mar 9, 2015
Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair 2015 7Th March 2015 I am giving a bumblebee talk/presentation at the Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair Sat 7th March 2015, Staffordshire University Science Centre, Leek Road, Stole on Trent ST4 2DF. Talks 12.00-12.45pm...
Jan 16, 2015
Bumblebee queens mate, then hibernate! After mating queen bumblebees will continue to feed up for a while and then go off in search of a suitable hibernation site. I have only ever found one and was disappointed in the fact that a passerby and his dog disturbed this...
Jan 15, 2015
Bumblebees queens need early spring flowers. It really is quite simple. For newly emerged bumblebee queens after awakening from hibernation: No flowers = no food = no bumblebees! Without the appropriate forage plants, bumblebee queens will not survive at...
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