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Ledbury Poetry Festival
Well, our Ledbury Poetry Festival Buzzing! performance went well. Don’t take my word for it - read the review of our show. This is our first ever press review, and we couldn’t have asked f… more »
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Maison de Mason Bee
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Dan wrote 10 hours ago: Scan of a newly-hatched Osmia sp. specimen. Our last apartment was blessed with a wonderful assortme … more »
Ledbury Poetry Festival
thebigbuzz wrote 6 days ago: Well, our Ledbury Poetry Festival Buzzing! performance went well. Don’t take my word for it - … more »
(Pacific or Large Blue) Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysis sp.)
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Dan wrote 1 week ago: This specimen is from what is probably my favorite insect family, which is saying a lot. Here, th … more »
Catching a Spider Wasp
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Dan wrote 2 weeks ago: Catching a Spider Wasp Originally uploaded by Dan Neal Here’s a video of my bad technique … more »
Wasp cake!
Adrienne wrote 2 weeks ago: Cloth and Fodder has a great, indepth post about the process of making a wasp cake (it looks like … more »
National Insect Week 2008
thebigbuzz wrote 3 weeks ago: So, how was National Insect Week for you? Here in York, theBigBuzz National Insect Week has gone on … more »
Become a Beekeeper!
Adrienne wrote 1 month ago: (Image courtesy of SolidPerfume.com) Apartment Therapy (ever heard of them? A great read!) has an i … more »
RHS Harlow Carr is Buzzing!
thebigbuzz wrote 2 months ago: RHS Harlow Carr was Buzzing! this Bank Holiday weekend. There was standing room only for all 4 o … more »
Scarcroft School visit
thebigbuzz wrote 2 months ago: The Reception and Year 1 classes at Scarcroft Primary School in York were Buzzing! this morning, whe … more »
RES Lesley Goodman Award
thebigbuzz wrote 4 months ago: I am extremely honoured to have been awarded the 2008 Lesley Goodman Award by the Royal Entomologica … more »
Crime Visits Beekeepers
Adrienne wrote 4 months ago: Where there is a shortage, there is crime. Isn’t that always the way? In the wake of the late … more »
Bees, a new source for silk
John Adam wrote 8 months ago: Moths and butterflies, particularly silkworms, are well known producers of silk. And we all know spi … more »
Fabulous Photo Essay--Bees Make Hive in Jar
Adrienne wrote 8 months ago: This is a neat group–it shows the process bees go through to make a hive. Love it! –Sou … more »
Bee Man on Dirty Jobs!
Adrienne wrote 8 months ago: So I’m lying in bed, recouperating from my surgery, and I turn on Discovery, right into Dirty … more »
Keep Them Aphids in Line
Adrienne wrote 8 months ago: Scientists have discovered a new way ants control their farmed food source: aphids. It has long bee … more »
The Mommy Gene Found
Adrienne wrote 8 months ago: Scientists have discovered that the basis of eusociality (the tendency of sterile females to raise … more »
Ants Predict Death, and Act Accordingly
Adrienne wrote 8 months ago: The Independentis reportingthat scientists in Poland have discovered something interesting about a … more »
Buzzing! CD is here!
thebigbuzz wrote 9 months ago: Introducing, by popular demand, Buzzing!, the CD!! With twice as many poems and photos as I can fit … more »
