Addicted to Bees

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

As autumn arrives the UK’s last emerging solitary bee appears in our gardens feeding on the common ivy that clothes our walls and houses

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. […]

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.

Have you found an exhausted, bedraggled bee that needs some help. You can try and save it, with this simple ‘Bee Rescue’ remedy

In early spring, when out and about in your garden, look out for these fluffy flying golf balls, whizzing around […]