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Meet the Pollinators

By Charlie Narewski Scullion When we talk about pollinators, most people think of bees and butterflies, but Britain is home to a diverse range of pollinating animals including hoverflies, moths, beetles, wasps, flies and even birds and mammals. In the last century we’ve lost 97% of wildflower meadows, 80% of lowland heathland, 90% of wetland and 75,000 miles of hedgerow. The impact of this devastating habitat loss, combined with urbanisation, intensive agriculture, herbicide

Charlie Narewski Scullion

Mar 132 min read

The Secret World of Mason Bees

By Charlie Narewski Scullion A fter solstice, my mind focuses on the coming of spring - having spotted Lesser Celandines and violets already by late December, it's not so hard to imagine. One of my jobs to prepare for spring is to open up the observation drawer and nesting tubes on my solitary bee nesting box. We got the box three years ago along with a tube of 30 Red Mason Bee cocoons; brown, soft and papery. The males are smaller than the females, as are their cocoons. Thi

Charlie Narewski Scullion

Mar 93 min read

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