Episode 264: Looking out for Bumblebees
Roots and All - Gardening Podcast
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Show Notes
Hello and welcome to this week's episode where my guest is Gill Perkins, CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. We talk about bumblebee populations and habitats, what we can do to encourage and care for bumblebees in our gardens and about the role of bumblebees in tomato pollination, which came as a complete surprise to me!
Dr Ian Bedford's Bug of the Week: Fuchsia Gall Mite
What We Talk About
Bumblebee concerns
Bumblebee identification
Honeybees and beekeeping
Encouraging and caring for bumblebees
Tomato pollination
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