Bees & Wasps

Beepot

CLOSED - Win a Beepot planter

Add the tubes. © Sarah Cuttle

Help your local solitary bees and make a bee hotel

Red-shanked bumblebee Bombus ruderarius. © Steven Falk

Widespread losses of pollinators in Britain

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CLOSED – Win a bee nester for your garden bees

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Have you seen this bee?

HEIDENAU, SAXONY, GERMANY - 2015/10/01: A male Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) is collecting nectar from a Dahlia (Asteraceae) blossom. (Photo by Frank Bienewald/LightRocket via Getty Images)

What do hoverflies and honeybees have in common?

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New bee gets scientists buzzing

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Confirmed sighting of Asian hornet in Devon

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Predatory hornet could spread rapidly in UK

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Insects & Invertebrates

Do British wasps ever feed on carrion?

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Bee survival rate improves with flowers nearby

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Startled honeybees give a little ‘whoop’

Buff-tailed bumble-bee (Bombus terrestris) worker nectaring on scorpionweed (Phacelia tancetifolia) flower in conservation margin at RSPB's Hope Farm in Cambridgeshire. May 2011.

Identify Wildlife

How to identify spring bees with our illustrated guide