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of all titlings. The blue tits are building a nest in the garden! Just spent the morning watching a Wren gathering nesting material, and taking it into a nest box I put up last summer. This was one of three nest boxes that I put up at the same time

couple of bee nests in the garden (well did have) but would have got rid of wasps, not now. We have had a tit box in our garden for a number of years and this has been used to great success in the past. This year, however, the tits have been looking

Hi Richard, I've heard them called the French tree bumblebees, as they're partial to nesting in trees... hi. av to tell u that we have a gathering of bees in last years blue tit box!! Hi, We have some bees making a next in a wall cavity outside our

Carthy: Have we learned nothing since 'Silent Spring'? - Nature Studies, Nature - The Independent http://ind.pn/eo6Q2e last summer i had bees nesting in my birdbox,my poor little birds were booted out by the bees who took over the box,we also had another 2

cane in turn with dozens of eggs.Quite what the leaf cutter bee looks for in a good home (or should that be nursery) I don't know, but my bug boxes have always proved a hit. I'm not sure where else the bee would nest if it weren't for my bug boxes. I

Give beneficial pollinating insects a home by making a bee hotel. The female of the non-aggressive mason bee species spends most of her life searching for hollow stems to use as a nest. So why not make a bee hotel for her in which she can lay her

one, which doesn't require any cables, seems to be about £150.It's obviously too late to set up a nest box camera, for this season, so I didn't actually buy anything this morning. I wonder if there will be anything on offer at Gardeners World Live next

.We have had some Blue Tits looking at our nest box. It has been up over a year but never been lived in.My husband and I enjoy looking out onto our garden with all the coming and goings and used the dry weather on Saturday to do some tidying up. We have 2

.Clean and sharpen knives and secateursPut up nesting boxes for birds on suitable treesMove shrubs growing in the wrong placeAround the gardenCut down willows and dogwoods to their baseFinish taking hardwood cuttingsPlant bare-root roses, hedging, trees and shrubs

clumps and replant your new plants wherever you want.Fix nesting boxes for birds to suitable treesGet petrol mowers and power tools servicedKeep indoor azaleas well-watered with rainwaterAround the gardenPrune back shoots on hydrangeas Trim all foliage