These are some of the talks, lectures and short courses we c
Gardening for pollinators
A better London environment for bees
Climate change and pollinators
Our most popular talk.
This talk uses research and evidence based recommendations to help you make the best plant choices to help pollinators in your garden. We also look at garden design features to help pollinators.
Climate change and pollinators
A better London environment for bees
Climate change and pollinators
This lecture discusses what is climate change, differences between climate change and global warming and how climate can effect our pollinators both positively and negatively.
We discuss phenological shift and how this imperils food security as well as pollinators and wild plants and how we can take action in our gardens to mitigate climate change and protect pollinators.
A better London environment for bees
A better London environment for bees
Forage and nutritional needs of the Honey bee
This lecture looks at the challenges of improving London's environment for bees and other pollinators.
we discuss high honey bee hive densities and how this impedes native bees in the city, habitat limitations and how they can be made better.
Forage and nutritional needs of the Honey bee
Forage and nutritional needs of the Honey bee
Forage and nutritional needs of the Honey bee
This lecture discusses the mind boggling quantities of food a Honey bee hive requires on an annual basis and how the colony collects this to meet its nutritional and metabolic needs.
We examine the nutritional values of pollens, nectar and the quantities needed to raise the worker force each season.
We finish off with ways to help bees meet
This lecture discusses the mind boggling quantities of food a Honey bee hive requires on an annual basis and how the colony collects this to meet its nutritional and metabolic needs.
We examine the nutritional values of pollens, nectar and the quantities needed to raise the worker force each season.
We finish off with ways to help bees meet their needs by planting appropriate forage and reducing their energy expenditure with thermal insulation.
maximising green roofs for pollinators
Forage and nutritional needs of the Honey bee
maximising green roofs for pollinators
This talk leans on our ten plus year's of experience of pimping out green roofs for pollinators to help you understand how to maximise the benefits of green roofs for pollinators.
Most green roofs are dreadful for pollinators but they can be improved and attract a surprising variety of species including rare and threatened bees, hoverflies and lepidoptera.
The bees that pollinate our food
Forage and nutritional needs of the Honey bee
maximising green roofs for pollinators
This talk examines the different types of bees which are important pollinators of our mayor food crops.
Honey bees are not the most efficient of pollinators and there are plenty of foo crops which they are inefficient and poor pollinators of. There are also numerous economically important crops which they are incapable of pollinating at all and these rely on wild pollinators for production.
Learn to love bees
Honey bee pest, disease and pathogens
Honey bee pest, disease and pathogens
This 1 day introductory beginners course is designed to teach complete newcomers to the wonders of bees and provides an overview of the many different species of bees which can be found in the UK, their basic ecology, life cycle and how you can begin to learn how to identify them.
Honey bee pest, disease and pathogens
Honey bee pest, disease and pathogens
Honey bee pest, disease and pathogens
A talk for beekeepers explaining the different pests, disease and pathogens effecting honey bee colonies, how to diagnose them and treat them using licensed and approved treatments.
Mark draws on his experience as a former UK government Bee inspector to deliver this talk.
Beekeeping failures
Honey bee pest, disease and pathogens
Beekeeping failures
A talk for beekeepers pointing out common bee keeping errors, how to avoid them and not make a mess of your first bee hive.
Lots of new beekeepers try to cut corners, save money and or time only for their actions to backfire - sometimes costing them the life of a colony. This talk examines such mistakes and how to avoid complications so your beekeeping career is fruitful and rerwarding.
Learn to love bees
Introduction to Bumblebees
Beekeeping failures
This introductory beginners course is designed to teach complete newcomers to the wonders of bees and provides an overview of the many different species of bees which can be found in the UK, their basic ecology, life cycle and how you can begin to learn how to identify them.
Introduction to Bumblebees
Introduction to Bumblebees
Introduction to Bumblebees
This 1 day course provides an introduction to bumblebees, their ecology, life cycle and how to identify common species found throughout the UK.
We can include some of the rarer species which may occur in your area.
Aren't bees brilliant!
Introduction to Bumblebees
Introduction to Bumblebees
This short talk is aimed at primary school children and provides an introduction to the different types of bees, their ecology, life cycle and how we can best help them by planting appropriate flowers for them, not using pesticides and creating space for them in our gardens and school grounds.
We look at the types of foods bees pollinate a
This short talk is aimed at primary school children and provides an introduction to the different types of bees, their ecology, life cycle and how we can best help them by planting appropriate flowers for them, not using pesticides and creating space for them in our gardens and school grounds.
We look at the types of foods bees pollinate and how they contribute to 1/3 of the food we eat.
We deliver this workshop to around 20 schools a year between May and September bringing along an observation hive and lots of props the children can touch and smell.