Saving the small things that run the planetBy Dr Catherine M. Jones, Pollinator Officer, Buglife Buglife’s B-Lines map provides a recovery network for bees and other pollinators along which partners can target the creation and restoration of...
13/07/2020
What’s the problem? Our insects and other invertebrates are in trouble. Now this is due to a number of factors, including climate change, pesticide use, pollution of rivers and streams...
09/07/2020
A guest posting from Andrew William Kirkland When discussing bees, we tend to imagine social bees such as the physics-defying flight of bumblebees or honeybee hives filled with honey. However,...
07/07/2020
On 5th – 7th June alongside the People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) we will be launching a Stag Weekend with a difference – and one that you can take part in during lockdown too! Guest...
02/06/2020
We’ve teamed up with Learning Resources, experts in educational toys that make learning fun, who have created a fantastic Kid’s Guide to Growing Fruit and Vegetables. The colourful graphic has...
06/05/2020
By Andrew Whitehouse, Countries Manager for Buglife Yesterday, I saw my first maybug of the year. Regular as clockwork, these large flying beetles appear in late April or early May....
29/04/2020
With its furry body, the Dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major) is commonly mistaken for a bee. These distinctive furry flies are active from March to June in gardens and along hedgerows...
05/03/2020
Common names for invertebrates can tell us about the historical and cultural relationships we have with wildlife, many have interesting origins. Some of the names for invertebrates in the Welsh...
14/01/2020
Background Biodiversity decline and nature conservation are higher up the agenda in this year’s general election than in any previous campaign. This is Buglife’s review of the commitments made by...
09/12/2019
This blog by Chief Executive, Matt Shardlow is adapted from Buglife’s evidence submission to Call for Knowledge on: “What are the impacts of pesticide and fertiliser use in farmland on...
22/05/2019
