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Talkback: Growing summer bulbs

in pots or plant them straight in the ground. Do any of the spring bulbs provide a good sources of nectar for bumblebees? Had a lovely day yesterday in Somerset photographing snowdrops at East Lambrook and at Avon Bulbs... great to feel the sun on your by HONEYBUG1

28/11/2011 18:43:04

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Needing old mouse or vole nests

'll happily pay the costs. Thanking you in advance. Edit: actually, several of my daughters friends keep mice/rats as pets, you think this will work? Ben I have just read this .....The bumblebee nestThe nest must be kept dry. The optimum temperature for larva by BrummieBen

10/03/2013 12:50:34

by figrat

Talkback: Plants for bees

numbers of buff-tailed bumblebees establishing colonies over winter. And one of the best plants for bumblebees is red clover, so if you could grow some in a pot or let areas of your lawn go unmowed for a few weekd in summer you'll have loads of bumbles by happymarion_

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28/03/2012 15:19:37

by Victoria K

Talkback: Homes for wildlife

nippy. i to have 1 of thoses bumblebee nests and i havent got any nesting in it however my dad drilled some holes in a log for me and tied a piece of rope to it,i hung it up and within days i had some kind of bee [leafcutter i think] nesting in all by i grown my own

28/11/2011 18:41:30

by Exeter Whizzy

bees

local bee-keeper. Thank you all for your advice I will act on it. Best leave bumblebees and other solitary bees alone - it's very hard to move them and they won't like you for trying! They will hardly ever sting unless severely provoked. Honeybees when by Spitfire

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27/07/2012 19:57:38

by Honeybadger

Talkback: Insects in late-autumn

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 by Kate, gardenersworld

28/11/2011 18:37:32

by Richard Jones

Talkback: Bug boxes

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 by Anonymous

28/11/2011 18:37:51

by mal

Bug house

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 by Bee friendly

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12/07/2012 21:37:27

by HOLEDIGGER

Talkback: Goldcrest encounter

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 by oldchippy

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21/12/2012 23:00:05

by Kate Bradbury

Talkback: How to make a bee hotel

heap. You can also buy a box of live bumblebees for the home garden now called a Beepol box. To suggest using Japanese knotweed for bee hotels is very risky and ill advised. Cutting knotweed canes in the summer while they're still growing is likely by rogerdennis

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18/05/2012 19:10:42

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