Author Archives: Dave Kilbey
Winter-active bumblebees
Most bumblebee activity has now ceased for the year, with just the new queens waiting in hibernation, ready to start colonies in spring. However, in milder regions and urban areas, you may notice bumblebees feeding on winter-flowering plants. Over … Continue reading
Nasturtium Trial 2016
Over the summer of 2016, with the help of our student intern Giri, we conducted a trial to find out whether cultivated varieties of nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) differ in their attractiveness to bumblebees. We compared seven different varieties of nasturtium … Continue reading
Avoiding the temptation to tidy
As the flowers fade in the Blooms for Bees Border, they leave behind some beautiful dead stems and seed heads which we won’t be cutting back until well into spring. As well as looking delightful (especially in the frost), the … Continue reading
Highly Commended award
We are very pleased to say that Coventry University were given a ‘Highly Commended’ award at yesterday’s #BeesNeeds event. This was in recognition of the wonderful campus Grounds Team and the Blooms for Bees project. The gardeners at the city … Continue reading
Welcome to the Blooms for Bees project!
Welcome to the new Blooms for Bees project website. We hope you like the site and find it both useful and interesting. We’ll be using the Blog section to post regular updates on the project as well as advice on … Continue reading