Tag: Jean Vernon
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Male Bumblebees
Male bees are the lager louts of bee worldd, hanging around in nectar bars waiting for the girls
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Shrill Carder Bee
There are a fair few rare bee species, with some literally on the brink of extinction, but few more so than the Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum).
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Honeybee Swarms
In bee world, the honeybee is just one species of the 276 or so different bee species in the UK. Mostly they are domesticated creatures, kept in hives by beekeepers, but wild colonies do exist. In recent years there has been a huge rise in people starting to keep honeybees, sometimes in a misguided attempt…
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Orange Ball Buddleia
Buddleia globosa is a magnet for butterflies, bees and all pollinators that rely on nectar to fuel their activity.
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White-tailed Bumblebee
As spring starts in earnest you will start to see large, fluffy bees bombing around your gardens. You might hear them first as they resemble low flying helicopters as they navigate their way around foraging for food and surveying for a suitable nest site.
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Flowering Currant
(Ribes sanguineum) It’s not just perennials and spring flowering bulbs that are great bee plants, garden shrubs play an important role too. You need to look at the plant as a whole, especially when it is an established specimen. Flowering currants are a great bee plant. Take a close look at each cluster of rich…
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Early Bee Plants
What’s in flower for emerging bees in your garden? This is a critical time in bee world, late winter flowers are a vital food source Take a look around your garden? Are your crocuses flattened after the storms? Or have you still got drifts of snowdrops in flower? February and March are a tricky time…
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Bee Rescue
Have you found an exhausted, bedraggled bee that needs some help. You can try and save it, with this simple ‘Bee Rescue’ remedy