by Elin Stroem | Feb 20, 2017 | Biodiversity, Blog, Blog, Nature Everywhere
Even though bees hibernate in winter it doesn’t mean we can’t throw them a party, does it? Well, that’s what we did. The week of 28 November we celebrated the three year ban on neonicotinoids (neonics) in the UK. Neonics, used as a pesticide on for example oilseed...
by Adam McCusker | Feb 20, 2017 | Biodiversity, Blog, Blog
The Garden is currently in hibernation, but we had short gardening sessions throughout winter where we have been scoping out an area for water-harvesting and tidying the place up. The pizza oven is staying dry under its new shelter, despite the rain. The pond could do...
by Libby Harris | Jan 10, 2017 | Biodiversity, Nature Everywhere, News, News & Events
Birmingham City Council’s Parks and Nature Conservation budget is expected to be cut which will have a major impact on the management of green spaces. We have joined other organisation in Birmingham in pledging to support a development of a 25 year plan to protect...
by Elin Stroem | Dec 15, 2016 | Biodiversity, Blog, Blog, Nature Everywhere, Uncategorised
Even though bees hibernate in winter it doesn’t mean we can’t throw them a party, does it? Well, that’s what we did. The week of 28 November we celebrated the three year ban on neonicotinoids (neonics) in the UK. Neonics, used as a pesticide on for example oilseed...
by Admin | Dec 5, 2016 | Biodiversity, Blog, Blog, Nature Everywhere
Although bumblebees and honeybees are closely related, their strategies for surviving the winter are quite different. Despite maintaining a colony throughout the summer, it is the bumblebee queens alone that hibernate during the winter months. The last brood produced...
by Jana Eckel | Dec 5, 2016 | Biodiversity, Blog, Blog, Nature Everywhere
As part of our #happyBEEweek (28 Nov – 4 Dec) celebrations we counted down the 5 most spotted bees and the 5 most popular plants which were recorded during the Great British Bee Count. THE MOST SPOTTED BEE was the White-tailed Bumble Bee which is widespread and a...
