Jan 12, 2014
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...
Dec 3, 2013
What size nest entrance hole for garden birds? Blue Tits 25 mm Great Tits 28 mm House Sparrows 32 mm Starlings 45 mm Blue Tit struggles with beak load of nesting material The above sizes do n’t include a bird carrying too much material in its beak...
Nov 27, 2013
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....
Nov 21, 2013
The bird feeder and the persistent squirrel, a battle of wits!! Everytime the squirrel came, the birds stayed away from the bird feeder and the area around it. First I bought a bird pole squirrel guard, which worked. So the squirrel started to try and outsmart me! A...
Nov 12, 2013
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...
Oct 31, 2013
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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