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By Jean Vernon / January 25 2020

Look out for winter active bumblebees in your garden and report your findings to BWARS

In November 2020, Jean Vernon was awarded a very prestigious award from The Garden Media Guild for her writing about bees





Male bees are the lager louts of bee worldd, hanging around in nectar bars waiting for the girls

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).

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, […]

Buddleia globosa is a magnet for butterflies, bees and all pollinators that rely on nectar to fuel their activity.
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