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I’ve finished another wildflower and bee hedgerow painting. 34x44cm

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2021-06-13

This week's word from the Minimus Picture Dictionary is bombito, I buzz - (because it's )
Download the dictionary here: https://t.co/I4BB45c4GN

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2021-06-02

It’s Here’s the solitary bees that were cast in my ‘Guide to British Bees’ animation and their nesting habits of choice.

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2020-06-30

Osmia Bicolor is a bee that's definitely on my list of "bees I'd love to see". This unique wildbee is known for nesting in empty snail shells! She'll lay 4-5 eggs in a shell, then camouflage it with chewed up leafs under twigs and grass stems she carries herself!

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2020-05-22

Lovely little male blue mason bee, Osmia caerulescens, who I rescued from my garden shed and stayed around for a few photos after 🐝

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2020-04-10

What I love most about these 2019 observational nesting boxes is once the boys (see the moustache) have ‘visited’ the girls, it doesn’t stop there.

As from here on the observational window allows the observer to check in to how the females lays each egg

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2019-04-27

Fascinating display highlighting one of many ‘English Rural Life’ collections’ held within incl. land drains 🎥 https://t.co/H3WuJj56Q5 👀 3 mins 50 secs with Dr

My repurposed land drains 👇 housed 100’s and 100’s of

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2018-12-20

It's the start of , we're supporting by wearing stripes this Wednesday to raise awareness of the declining bee population. Find out how you can help. Share pictures of you in stripes -> https://t.co/4fXsUgPCiu

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2018-07-02