The Green Jeanie

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

RHS Rosemoor Wild-bee workshop Saturday 30th August 2025.

January 22, 2025jeanie beeNews / Events, Pollinatorsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Safari, Bumblebee Safari, bumblebees, Illustrated Talk, Jeanie Bee, Learn about bumblebees, Learn about garden bees, Learn about solitary bees, Plants, Pollinators, RHS, RHS Rosemoor, Solitary bees, The Green Jeanie, Workshop

Come and join me in these amazing gardens so that I can introduce you to some of the charming bumblebees and fascinating solitary bees that bring our gardens alive and pollinate our plants.We start with an illustrated talk where I share some of the secrets about our garden bees and their incredible and fascinating lives.

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.

Late forage for pollinators

November 3, 2024jeanie beePlantsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Plants, Jean Vernon, Late Forage, Plants, Plants for pollinators, pollinator plants, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie

A few late flowers can make all the difference to pollinators still completing their lifecycle

Bee Safaris, Bee Walks & Bee Talks for 2025

November 3, 2024jeanie beeNews / Eventsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Events, Bee Safari, Bee talks, Bee Walk, Bee Walks, Bee Workshop, Bees, Bees & Pollinators, Bumblebee Safari, Jean Vernon, Jeanie Bee, Plants, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees, Workshops

My 2025 diary is filling up with some great events. If you want to host a special event where you think a bee safari or a bee walk or a bee talk would work do get in touch. My focus is on pollinators but especially our bumblebees (we have 24 species in the UK) and

Exploring your garden pollinators

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