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Garden Flowers For Bees

When people ask me to recommend garden flowers for bees I usually point them at the excellent Plants for Bees by Kirk and Howes. Like most of us, though, I...

Garden Flowers For Bees

When people ask me to recommend garden flowers for bees I usually point them at the excellent Plants for Bees by Kirk and Howes. Like most of us, though, I...

Bees and Warm Wet Winters

My poor bees are having another terrible winter. "Terrible" winters for honeybees are warm and wet, not cold, which they can deal with quite happily. If it's consistently warm and...

Bees and Warm Wet Winters

My poor bees are having another terrible winter. "Terrible" winters for honeybees are warm and wet, not cold, which they can deal with quite happily. If it's consistently warm and...

Climate Change, Hen Harriers and Bees in the Po...

I had pondering time on my hands today at hospital in Bath, recovering from a minor operation. It went swimmingly, all well thank you - let's just say it was...

Climate Change, Hen Harriers and Bees in the Po...

I had pondering time on my hands today at hospital in Bath, recovering from a minor operation. It went swimmingly, all well thank you - let's just say it was...

A Little Reason

We should all help the under-funded and unheralded science based projects and NGOs who continue to work quietly away at improving our understanding of the natural world around us.

A Little Reason

We should all help the under-funded and unheralded science based projects and NGOs who continue to work quietly away at improving our understanding of the natural world around us.

Plants for Bugs

Plants for Bugs

Last week the RHS published the first paper from its "Plants for Bugs" four-year study in the Journal of Applied Ecology. It's an interesting read, not least because so little...

Plants for Bugs

Last week the RHS published the first paper from its "Plants for Bugs" four-year study in the Journal of Applied Ecology. It's an interesting read, not least because so little...

A Bad Week for Bees and Solar

It has been a bad week at Habitat Aid's HQ. The spending axe has fallen - again - on renewables - which has effectively now halted the building of any...

A Bad Week for Bees and Solar

It has been a bad week at Habitat Aid's HQ. The spending axe has fallen - again - on renewables - which has effectively now halted the building of any...