Addicted to Bees

Join Jean Vernon for an introduction to your garden bees at RHS Rosemoor. I’m delighted to announce that I am […]

Join Jean Vernon for a Bumblebee Safari at Yeo Valley Organic Gardens in 2024

Lots of great bee events for 2024 with Jean Vernon

The wings of a bumblebee are driven by powerful muscles that facilitate buzz pollination and can also be used to raise temperature. Bees have two pairs of wings

Come and join me for a bee walk in a summer garden, or why not book me for your garden event?

The Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum) is an iconic summer garden bee. It’s a solitary bee and will sometimes nest […]

Look out for the leaf-cutter bees in your June garden. You might notice the notches on your rose leaves.

Here’s a great way to learn more about solitary bees. Listen in to the Wildlife World Community Podcast where Jean Vernon and Professor Jeff Ollerton talk about solitary bees

The Ashy Mining bee is just one of the 65 or so Andrena species in the UK. These are the ground nesting bees that excavate their nests in close mown areas of the lawn, bare soil and sunny banks.

You can help rescue a tired or bedraggled bee very easily. Either place it onto a nectar rich flower or administer bee rescue.