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Bee Book Birthday

March 5, 2025jeanie beeNews / EventsBee Book, Bee Book Birthday, Bees, Jean Vernon, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees

I can’t believe that today, 5th March 2025, my best-selling Bee Book is FIVE years old. So much has happened since the very first copy landed on my door mat back in 2020.

Community Events

January 23, 2025jeanie beePollinatorsAttracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Safari, Bristol, Community Events, Jean Vernon, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie

One of the fun parts of my work is interacting with different community groups but especially groups that are focused on gardens, growing, wildlife and of course pollinators. If it’s bee season I love to take a bee safari around the gardens to inspire and educate visitors about the diverse species of bees and other

Bee Bold Awards Presentation

January 23, 2025jeanie beeNews / Events, Pollinatorsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Bold Awards, Bristol, Conference Speaker, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie

I often get asked to do a short presentation to augment an event or just to inspire and educate participants. This time I was at the Redcatch Community Garden, in Knowle in Bristol as part of the 2024 Bee Bold Awards. It was a great day at a very inspiring community project. I did a

Bumblebees pollinate runnerbeans

November 3, 2024jeanie beePlantsAttracting Garden Pollinators, bumblebees, Grow Your Own, Jean Vernon, Jeanie Bee, nectar, Plants, Plants for pollinators, Pollinators, Runnerbeans, The Green Jeanie

If you grow runnerbeans you need bumblebees. It takes a big strong bee to force open the flowers and reach in to drink the nectar. As the bumblebee climbs into the flower, pollen is attracted to its hairy, fluffy body. Then as the bumblebee moves to the next flower it takes the pollen with it.