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Tag Archives: wasp
Feature: Protecting the pollinators part 1 – bees and ecology
argylesock says… We need bees and other pollinators. We really, really need them. Here’s the first of three articles about pollinators, from the Wellcome Trust blog, which I’ll pass on today.
Posted in agriculture, ecology, food, miniculture
Tagged apiculture, arachnid, arthropod, beetle, biodiversity, bumblebee, coleopteran, conservation, crop, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, dipteran, disease, ecosystem, habitat loss, honeybee, hoverfly, hymenopteran, insect, mite, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, pollination, research, seed, Varroa destructor, virus, wasp, wild bee, wild pollinator
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Tree of the month: Ivy
The moon was new yesterday so we’re now in the Month of the Ivy. The popular version of Ogham tree months is based on a 19th century invention starting at a time of year barely of interest to ancient Celts. … Continue reading
Posted in ecology
Tagged arboriculture, arthropod, bird, building, butterfly, fruit, hymenopteran, insect, ivy, lepidopteran, ogham, passerine, plant_dicot, pollination, tree, vertebrate, wasp, weed, wildlife, winter
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