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a communal roost of Lasioglossum bees at The Bog in Shropshire

Have you planned any tree-planting for National Tree Week which runs from 26 November to 4 December? If you have planned something, tell us about it! We'd love to hear about what you'll be doing! If you haven't thought about it, then I urge you to think about how you could get involved at...

When we heard from our lovely Community Fundraising colleagues at the RSPB Scottish Headquarters about a competition at a local bakery to design and invent a new cupcake, we thought it would make a great task for our Wildlife Explorer Group, which meets at the Hermitage of Braid in Edinburgh. The fact...

Hi, Unsure about choosing the right plants to get a garden that's brimming with bees? This year, if you look at the bulbs in the garden centres you'll see a cheerful bee logo on some packets. With the backing of gardening and wildlife organisations, the Bee Friendly logo - and some other similar...

Hi everyone, Time for a longer blog, I'm not used to all of this typing. Have you heard about the swarm of bees that was rescused from a road sign at Saltholme? They've been in the news and everything . A swarm of about 20,000 honeybees gathered on the back of the sign on the driveway...

Hi Polly, its great to hear they are attracting bees, although if you are a bee and looking for a brightly coloured flower to settle on, it would be difficult to miss these, they are literally glowing with colour! Hoverflies come in various shapes and sizes, many of them try to mimic wasps and bees but...

Could someone please tell me who this is? Seen at London WWT this week. Cheers, Keeta

We found a one winged bee over 10 days ago, giving it buddleia, clover heads and honey water, has a taste for privet flower now its out! Every now and again my wife takes Zubb out in the garden for some sun and fresh flowers to explore. I have done a montage of the photo's and loaded it up to youtube...

Some of the garden mini-beasties I managed to get photos of, saw others including the kate moss of the hoverfly world (it was stick thin!) and a crazy wasp thing that went round the lavander heads like he was on a marathon! But here are some that were more willing to have their picture taken... ...

Even if they creep you out, insects really are incredible. Just take a look at this red tailed bumblebee - look at its eyes, its little feet, its wings and furry little body! Now, if you're an expert like me, you'll know this is a bee. We know it visits flowers and probably lives in a colony...

Hi everyone, If mowing the lawn is a nightmare, spare a thought for Dan (and our other volunteers). They've been spending hours mowing the new meadow path at Saltholme. New meadow path? If you've not been down the 'short cut' yet, then what's kept you? The new path runs...

I just loved this little Bee it looked so soft and fuzzie, makes you want to give it a wee stroke :)

Hi, Listen, the wildlife garden is buzzing. So get an ice cream from the shop and come and listen. The buzz, buzz, BUZZ, buzz, of bees. This one is on the lamb's ears but listen as they enter the foxglove flowers, the sound changes! Keep listening as the terns, oystercatchers and redshank...

Have come across a few posts on various forums where people have not had success with these...... I have used commercially bought tube boxes since 2001. That year, i had 25 tubes . This year, c 330. I am a professional jobbing gardener specialising in wildlife-friendly gardener based in KT22 area...

What do crows, buzzards and gulls have in common at this time of year? These species are all carefully watching over their youngsters during June. Buzzard and crow chicks are approaching fledging if they have not already made the big jump into the big wide world, where as gull chicks are at a variety...

Bees love clover and keeping at least part of the lawn uncut through the spring and summer can attract in a whole host of different invertebrates to those that you will find in short-mowed-to-within-an-inch-of-its-life lawns. Diversity in grass length is the key to a wildlife rich lawn (as well as ditching...

Just received my "Make Nature Count" email. Please tell me you don't want me to count all the bees in the bird box !!!!! Regasrds Jan Burnley

Just wondering. Bees seem to have taken over the birdbox outside my back door and since I know nothing about them, I'm wondering what they get up to, they're not likely to do some thing like swarm are they? I really hope not!! Jan Burnley

Two years ago this month we planted the first plants in our new nectar garden by the reception hide at Strumpshaw Fen, and now, despite the current drought conditions, its looking great and buzzing with life. This morning I popped out to have a look and, despite the cool cloudy conditions, 3 green...

A beautiful sunny day in our Aberdeen garden. Just the sound of bees humming and the occasional gull wheeling overhead. A couple of bees alighted on one of the ornamental leeks - soon to be joined by many others. Unfortuneately, they were more camera shy than these two!

Taken in Edinburgh near Princes Street on a lovely sunny day.

I took this photograph of a bee with mites. Last year bees were stricken particularly bad on the island