Celebrate World Bee Day on 20 May!
Check out some great resources and activity ideas shared by Muddy Faces INSPIRATIONS - Bees
Give wild bees a choice!
Solitary bee species are important pollinators, but what do they need? Read this article in The Conversation (1 March 2024) to discover more: Wild solitary bees offer a vital pollination service – but their nutritional needs aren’t understood
Mining their own business
This post on Scottish Pollinators (5 February 2024) explores the amazing job invertebrates do in sustaining our global soil ecosystem, and this includes the fascinating part played by mining bees.
A sloppy but efficient pollinator
This blog post on Scottish Pollinators (10 June 2022) compares the pollinating ability of honey bees versus other bee species.
B-lines Scotland – is there a B-line near you?
Buglife have created over 50 pollinator hotspots along the B-lines route, and more are planned. Check out the activity going on in Scotland. Is there anything happening near you? Look at the B-lines map to see where more needs doing. This article in The Conversation (12 May 2022), explores ‘Bee [...]
Non-vegan bees
This post in Scottish Pollinators (11 January 2022) shares the fascinating story of vulture bees from the tropics, and considers some surprising dietary choices across more familiar species.
Giant bees, extinction, and rediscovery
This Scottish Pollinators post ‘Quietly riding off into the sunset’ (14 October 2021) explores the rediscovery of a giant bee species. Species rarity, rediscovery and extinction is discussed, in the context of biodiversity, habitat and climate change.
Hazardous neighbours
This post in scottishpollinators (7 October 2021) explores the fascinating world of viruses within honeybee colonies. There are also potential impacts on other pollinators.
