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cuttings or leaves you put into the compost, otherwise their behaviour is extremely abnormal. There are two extremely rare species of bumblebee living around the Thames barrier - shame it's being built on - Bombus sylvarum and B. humilis. I doubt you'd have

indoor? I think there is a bumblebee nest in my compost. Do I have to leave it alone or can I move it? hi vixThere is no organic way to get rid of wasps. However, they do not return to the same nest every year so the problem will be over when autumn comes

stuck there or if it's a deliberate insect related cover, does anyone have any ideas? Sounds like you've got leaf-cutter bees there http://www.bumblebee.org/OTHERbees2.html#leafcutter If you look around the garden you'll probably find leaves with semi

, where the container can sit undisturbed for several yearsMore on gardening for wildlifeProvide late-summer nectar for butterflies and bees.Learn how to identify bumblebeesBrowse our image gallery of butterflies and caterpillarsGrowing from seeds

're tall and straight, with green curved leaves and beautiful globes of purple flowers. Being a member of the allium family, leek flowers are a magnet for honeybees and bumblebees, which seem to spend hours moving from one globe to another.The flowers

tiny) garden.The garden isn't perfect and I've a long way to go, but I've documented my success by the variety of garden visitors I've gained since the transformation: blue tits and great tits, bumblebees, butterflies, moths, slugs, snails and leaf

the pine trees ,I have never seen them like that before,a lovely sight. Oh, Kate, i hope you have a pair there and can catch site of the babies in the spring. We have them in the Bristol Botanic Garden and the babies are like bumblebees in size. Although

fly, a huge bristly orange and black critter, Tachina fera. No English name for this one, despite being the size of a bumblebee. The trouble is that to merit a common name, insects have to satisfy two important criteria. First they have

couple of ducks were found in Ann Marie Powell's British Heart Foundation Garden and a frog was sat in the stream of the SKYShades Garden. When I arrived on Sunday, everything was buzzing with the sound of honey and bumblebees foraging on the variety

-cum-quay, the size of a single bed has been so enthusiastically decorated with plant containers that the table and chair are lost in herbage.Several hoverflies and bumblebees are visiting the flowers. Chaffinches and sparrows flit noisily through the climbers