Dave Goulson
@DaveGoulson
Professor of #Biology, specializing in #bumblebees. Author of: A Sting in the Tale; A Buzz in the Meadow; Bee Quest; The Garden Jungle. Youtube: https://t.co/fEGSoXoj0f
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Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Team4Nature NearbyWild #RewildTheEarth 🍃💚🍃 Dave Goulson Wildlife Garden Project Let it grow & butterflies will come. Here’s a Speckled Wood egg on a blade of grass in my garden last yr - just in a narrow strip of long grass by the hedge. Anyone with an outdoor space can help - see wild-spaces.co.uk for fantastic advice for your garden, patio or balcony
🐝 Online Bee ID session coming up! 🐝
Join us for a quick 45-minute buzz through the bee species that appear in spring with our Pollinator Conservation Officer, Charlotte.
Tues 30 April, 6.30-7.15pm ⬇️
bit.ly/SpringBeesTalk
📷 Gwynne's mining bee by Charlotte Rankin
We are very excited for our Citizen Science Virtual Symposium with the Biological Recording Company Keiron Derek Brown on the 16th May!
Speakers: Dave Goulson Dr Linda Birkin 🏳️🌈 Dr Beth Nicholls Yanet Sepúlveda Ellen Rotheray
More information and booking link here: biologicalrecording.co.uk/2024/02/29/cit…
Bumblebee expert and Bumblebee Conservation Trust founder Dave Goulson will be providing an overview of The Buzz Club Citizen Science Virtual Symposium. More info and booking: eventbrite.co.uk/e/773643988997
Wonderful! Can't wait to try this myself, what a lovely time of year 🐝🌻🌸🌺
Great accounts for you to follow 👇
The Buzz Club Dr Linda Birkin 🏳️🌈 Dave Goulson Kate Bradbury 🏳️🌈
youtu.be/o1w8_6ctgZ0?si…
WOW 😍 We have 299 of your hotels registered with The Big Bee Hotel Experiment!
Challenge: Help us reach 350 by the end of this week! Share and shout about our most popular project yet 🐝
thebuzzclub.uk/thebigbeehotel…
The Wildlife Community Dave Goulson Ellen Rotheray University of Sussex LNHS
Can #bumblebee queens endure periods of inundation while overwintering underground? New Biology Letters paper from Dr. Sabrina Rondeau, PhD suggests that hibernating queens can survive up to 1 week submerged under water: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2… #OpenAccess #Pollinators Royal Society Publishing
Today, a bill that seeks to ban peat sales in England will be introduced to parliament.
After 40 years of campaigning, could a ban on peat-based composts finally be within reach Rishi Sunak?
It’s time peat stays in #BogsNotBags . 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/news/last-chan…
Try making a clay bee hotel for hairy-footed flower bees. It really seems to work: 3 residents so far :)
youtu.be/o1w8_6ctgZ0?si…
Plus, if you have any type of bee hotel, please join the Big Bee Hotel Experiment, sign up via The Buzz Club
A study from Prof Dave Goulson reveals how making your garden more wildlife-friendly is most effective in urban environments. Adding more insect-friendly plants to gardens saw a 55% increase in the number of butterflies🦋
Read more i newspaper
inews.co.uk/news/environme…
We are asking councillors across the country to support a national ban on urban pesticide use. Take one minute to email your councillors asking them to get involved! #PesticideFreeTowns pan-uk.org/calling-for-co…
