Monthly Archives: November 2014

Bandit Bees

Posted on November 12, 2014 by salp111

In response to the post about eternal drones & the unusual behaviour for the time of year this is a picture of the bandit bees that have broken into a weaker colony across the garden  & taken over. It didn’t … Continue reading →

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Everlasting Drones

Posted on November 12, 2014 by sj100

One of our Warre Hives dragged out its drones around the week of 22nd August, as normal this year.  Subsequently, from September onwards it has been gripped by a second honey flow fervour which has seen its numbers increase dramatically … Continue reading →

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Dave Goulson discussing research on bumblebee decline

Posted on November 11, 2014 by grahambrookbanks

You might be interested to listen to this interview on BBC4’s ‘The Life Scientific’ which is scheduled to be broadcast this evening at 21:30: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nrrbr

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