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The Buzzing bush!

been our lovely bumblebees! if you get a honeybee swarm you will recognise it - this is how they assemble immediately post-swarm prior to looking fo a permanent home (paste the link) http://www.google.co by Moonlit Hare

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06/06/2012 20:16:01

by Wintersong

Bees

many sources of food for them. Bumble bees do not store up supplies of honey to see them through the winter as honey bees do. This site has loads of information and some lists to click on. http://www.bumblebee.org/helpbees.htm Good luck, and on behalf by Midget25

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04/08/2012 16:46:49

by blueberry77

Bee news from The Beeb, Eu Ban pesticide

yet this year, just a few bumblebees. by blackest

30/04/2013 17:54:06

by figrat

Talkback: Growing veg in containers - garden pests

of leatherjackets, the larvae of daddy long legs. The blackbird and robin love pecking through the borders to find themKate I have a massive buddleja bush. The flowers are yellow balls and it is in full bloom. I have great pleasure watching the bumblebees by Jane

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28/11/2011 18:43:46

by tillymint21

Talkback: Flying Ants Day

nesting box (http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/make-a-house-martin-nest/) or leaving a muddy area for them to build their own in spring? Or both... Re your unidentified insects, are you sure they're not bumblebees? You could ask Richard Jones by fusseyboy

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28/11/2011 18:43:55

by weefeartie

Talkback: National Insect Week

. If these are bumblebees, they will probably repair their damaged nest, which is little more than a tumble of grass and herbage anyway.Lindaburgess. Lily beetles. Squish ‘em. Although I did not write about them in my very first blog on this site, there are plenty by Dragonfly

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28/11/2011 18:40:58

by kredithai

SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES

to manufacturers instructions'. Kate pointed out that the latest research from Stirling University has revealed that bumblebees that come into contact with systemic neonicotinoids produce 85% fewer queens each year - which effectively means extinction. Speaking by borderbeeman

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30/07/2012 17:05:04

by ChapelGirl2

Talkback: Insects on compost heaps

for breathing. Enjoy! Compost bins provide perfect shelter for all manner of creatures (I'm jealous of moverGingercat's grass snakes). We had bumblebees in the allotment pile. They will not do any harm so keep piling on the kitchen and garden waste. The only by Estelle Bryers

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28/11/2011 18:31:33

by Wendy's-worms

Talkback: Butterflies

'm not complaining about that! Despite its reputation as a butterfly magnet, buddleja is a very poor nectar source for butterflies, bumblebees or hoverflies. I've never quite worked out exactly why this should be so, since I too have memories of the purple spikes by John Waters

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28/11/2011 18:37:18

by Rebeca

Talkback: Native versus non-native plants

spectabile plant. The bees also love echinops ritro. This past week our garden has been used, for the first time, by the rare bumblebee Bombus ruderatus. It has colonised the meadows in the nearby gardens at Great Dixter. In our garden it is feeding by donutsmrs

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03/07/2012 10:42:58

by Gracie5

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