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Six Steps to Create a Wildflower Area

Six Steps to Create a Wildflower Area

Brought together through our love of bees and wildlife we are delighted to be working with Matt and the Team at Green Keeper Services to promote this years' 'No Mow...

Six Steps to Create a Wildflower Area

Brought together through our love of bees and wildlife we are delighted to be working with Matt and the Team at Green Keeper Services to promote this years' 'No Mow...

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Join Us For No Mow May

Plantlife's #NoMowMay campaign doesn't ask you to do much. In fact, it asks you to not do anything at all… so we've joined forces with our friends at Pollenize to...

Join Us For No Mow May

Plantlife's #NoMowMay campaign doesn't ask you to do much. In fact, it asks you to not do anything at all… so we've joined forces with our friends at Pollenize to...

How Can You Tell if a Bee is Tired?

How Can You Tell if a Bee is Tired?

When you see a bee crawling on the ground it can be hard to tell if it's injured, wet, cold or tired. If a bee isn't tired and cannot fly...

How Can You Tell if a Bee is Tired?

When you see a bee crawling on the ground it can be hard to tell if it's injured, wet, cold or tired. If a bee isn't tired and cannot fly...

Family Gardening Activity - DIY Bee Hotel

Family Gardening Activity - DIY Bee Hotel

Create a BUZZ in your garden by making your own bee hotel with a tin! Family outdoor activity - 1.5 hours - learn & create In this guide we will...

Family Gardening Activity - DIY Bee Hotel

Create a BUZZ in your garden by making your own bee hotel with a tin! Family outdoor activity - 1.5 hours - learn & create In this guide we will...

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How to Help Bees this Spring

There's not a more exciting time for nature than when spring arrives! Birds sing, flowers bloom and all around us, wildlife is bursting into life. And no matter where you...

How to Help Bees this Spring

There's not a more exciting time for nature than when spring arrives! Birds sing, flowers bloom and all around us, wildlife is bursting into life. And no matter where you...

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Valentine's Guide for Bee Lovers

14 Brands we love for the 14th of February With Valentines day just around the corner we wanted to share with you, some of the ideal gifts that we are...

Valentine's Guide for Bee Lovers

14 Brands we love for the 14th of February With Valentines day just around the corner we wanted to share with you, some of the ideal gifts that we are...

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Where Do Bees Go in Winter?

In the winter season it may be easy to forget about our fuzzy friends, but have you ever wondered where bees go in the winter and how they cope through...

Where Do Bees Go in Winter?

In the winter season it may be easy to forget about our fuzzy friends, but have you ever wondered where bees go in the winter and how they cope through...

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Christmas Cracker Bee Quiz

Test your pollinator knowledge around the Christmas table with our bee themed Q&A Let's have some fun, whilst continuing to raise awareness for our precious pollinators.  The bees may not be...

Christmas Cracker Bee Quiz

Test your pollinator knowledge around the Christmas table with our bee themed Q&A Let's have some fun, whilst continuing to raise awareness for our precious pollinators.  The bees may not be...

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How Does a Bee Hotel Work?

How does a bee hotel work is one of the most frequently asked questions we have received since launching our bee hotel. So, we felt it would be beneficial to...

How Does a Bee Hotel Work?

How does a bee hotel work is one of the most frequently asked questions we have received since launching our bee hotel. So, we felt it would be beneficial to...

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World Honey Bee Day

World Honey Bee Day We can often take nature for granted. The food we eat, the flowers we enjoy and honey we drink in our tea! Today is the perfect...

World Honey Bee Day

World Honey Bee Day We can often take nature for granted. The food we eat, the flowers we enjoy and honey we drink in our tea! Today is the perfect...