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Are Foreign Flowers the Future?
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Are Foreign Flowers the Future?

Explore the urban insect pollinator and learn how non-native flowers could help reverse their decline with postgraduate researcher, Shannon Goldberg…

18 August 2020

Bees | Botany | Invertebrates | Pollinators

Bee Diversity on Viper’s Bugloss
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Bee Diversity on Viper’s Bugloss

Viper’s Bugloss is widely considered to be one of the best native plants for pollinators. Local naturalist, Christopher Wren, highlights bee diversity on this beautiful and beneficial plant…

16 July 2020

North East Bee Hunt | Pollinators | Viper's Bugloss | Wildflowers

Online talk: How will climate change affect insect pollinators?
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Online talk: How will climate change affect insect pollinators?

Join pollinator researcher, Ellen Moss, and discover the impact of climate change on pollinators and the wildflowers they feed on…

14 July 2020

Bees | Friday Night Talks | Natural History Talk | Pollinators

Who is coming to stay?
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Who is coming to stay?

Uncover the species likely to be found in your bee hotel in a new post from local entomologist, Louise Hislop…

1 July 2020

Bee Hotel | Garden Wildlife | North East Bee Hunt | Pollinators | Ruby-tailed Wasp | Wasp

North East Bee Hunt 2020 Update #6
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North East Bee Hunt 2020 Update #6

You have now shared a fantastic 1200 records as part of the North East Bee Hunt. In a new post, Charlotte Rankin summarises your records and observations over the last two weeks….

18 June 2020

Bee Hunt | Citizen Science | North East Bee Hunt | Pollinators

Bees on a Newcastle street
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Bees on a Newcastle street

Discover bee diversity in the city as James Common highlights the bee species observed on his street in Heaton, Newcastle…

15 June 2020

Bees | James Common | North East Bee Hunt | Pollinators

The Smallest Bees of North East England
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The Smallest Bees of North East England

Naturalist, Louise Hislop, introduces the North East’s overlooked & under-recorded small bees…

15 June 2020

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North East Bee Hunt 2020 Update #5
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North East Bee Hunt 2020 Update #5

You have now shared a fantastic 900 records as part of the North East Bee Hunt. Charlotte Rankin summarises your records and observations over the last two weeks….

3 June 2020

Bees | Invertebrates | North East Bee Hunt | Pollinators

North East Bee Hunt 2020 Update #2
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North East Bee Hunt 2020 Update #2

Charlotte Rankin provides an update on the North East Bee Hunt and your records over the past month…

23 April 2020

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Introducing the Ashy Mining Bee
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Introducing the Ashy Mining Bee

An introduction to the first of your North East Bee Hunt target species: the Ashy Mining Bee…

15 April 2020

Ashy Mining Bee | Bee | North East Bee Hunt | Pollinators

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