The Secret Lives of Garden Bees – Page 3 – The Green Jeanie

Social Wasps

July 27, 2022jeanie beePollinatorsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bees, Jean Vernon, Jeanie Bee, Pollinators, Predators, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees, Wasps

Wasps are not the bad guys. They are important pollinators and incredible natural garden pest control.

Hummingbird Hawk Moth

July 23, 2022jeanie beePollinatorsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Hummingbird Hawk Moth, Jean Vernon, Moths, Plants, pollinator plants, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees

Look out for this extraordinary moth in your summer gardens. It hovers like a hummingbird but is actually a moth.

Globe Thistle

July 23, 2022jeanie beePlantsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bees, Jean Vernon, nectar, Plants, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees

A really good late summer plant for pollinators is the globe thistle, Echinops ritro.

RHS Wisley SuperBees

June 10, 2022jeanie beeNews / Eventsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Safari, Children, Clore Education Centre, Jean Vernon, Learning, Nature Table, RHS Wisley, SuperBees, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees, Wisley Gardens

Jean Vernon was the bee expert in the Clore Education Centre at RHS Wisley SuperBees 2022

Daily Telegraph Pollinator Feature

May 7, 2022jeanie beeNews / Eventsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Safari, Bees, BeeVive, Daily Telegraph, Fifty Bees, George Pilkington, Jean Vernon, Lydia Needle, Nick Tew, Nurturing Nature, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees

There’s a full page and a half article about supporting garden pollinators in the Daily Telegraph, by Jean Vernon

Bee Safari

April 17, 2022jeanie beeNews / EventsAttracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Book, Bee Events, Bee Safari, Bees, Days Out, Jeanie Bee, MemoryMaking, Organic Garden, Pollinators, Somerset, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees, VisitGardens, Yeo Valley Gardens

Come and join me on a bee safari. We can get up close with some of our garden pollinators.

Jekka’s Open Days

April 17, 2022jeanie beeNews / Eventsaddicted to bees, Attracting Garden Pollinators, Bee Book, Bee Events, Bee Safari, Events, Jekka's Herb Farm, Organic Garden, Pollinators, The Green Jeanie, The Secret Lives of Garden Bees

Join Jean Vernon on a bee walk at Jekka’s Herb Farm this summer