#bumblebees

Sarah Marshall

Jul 17, 20182 min read

A Bumblebee Evicts an Unwelcome Guest

‘Mind your feet, there’s a Bumblebee walking around in the grass down there’. I looked down and so she was. We were giving the garden...

Sarah Marshall

Jul 12, 20183 min read

Garden Round-up – June 2018

I’d forgotten just how busy I seem to get in Summer. Not only is the beekeeping season in full swing, but insects are everywhere, meaning...

Sarah Marshall

Jul 9, 20182 min read

The Cuckoo (Bees) have arrived!

With the bee season in full swing now and the continuing hot weather, not only are there tons of bees around but also loads of other...

Sarah Marshall

May 30, 20182 min read

Weekend Round-up, 26th-28th May 2018

It’s been the second Bank Holiday weekend in a row where we’ve had gorgeous weather, so it was a great opportunity to spend some time in...

Sarah Marshall

May 21, 20182 min read

Weekend Round-up – 19th/20th May 2018

From the continued good weather and lack of rain you’d think it was already Summer! I’ve noticed that over the past week one of the male...

Sarah Marshall

May 14, 20181 min read

Weekend Round-up – 12th – 13th May 2018

The garden is continuing to burst into life now that Spring is finally here! The first workers have started to emerge from the Buff...

Sarah Marshall

Apr 24, 20183 min read

Bumblebee Nest Box Project

The latter parts of last Winter felt like a long old slog. We had several snowfalls from December through to Match and while I love snow...

Sarah Marshall

Apr 11, 20181 min read

A strange place to sleep…

I put some empty bee houses up a couple of weeks ago, and as dusk falls tonight one of them is housing an unusual inhabitant… She seems...

Sarah Marshall

May 29, 20174 min read

Goth Bumblebees, some unlikely garden visitors

A couple of weeks ago I returned home from work to find that my mother-in-law had been trying to reach me. The reason? Her window...