Bumblebees are not solitary - they live in small colonies of at most a few hundred bees. In spring, the queen will emerge from...

The ponds project has been running for almost a year. Volunteer Chris and his pond-elfs have worked long and hard.

The folks at BBC Radio 3 have been broadcasting some fantastic natural soundscapes as part of their weekend breakfast show.

The volunteers, lead by Chris-2, have been busy with the Ponds Project over the last few months. As well as making sure that the water...

As an antidote to the dark days of winter, here's a reminder of what summer has to offer at the Reserve.

Over the years a number of wildlife surveys have taken place at the Reserve. Whether it's trees, birds, butterflies or any other flora or...

Autumn always brings a flush of fungi to the Reserve. The range of colours and shapes of the visible (i.e. fruiting) parts of the fungi...

The biodiversity around the Reserve isn't limited to the bigger inhabitants. If you look closely when you are walking around you'll see a...

One of the bigger special conservation projects that the volunteers, lead by Chris, have been working on is to improve the ponds and...

Types of honeybee There are three types of honeybee in a hive. Most of them are sterile females, the ‘workers’. Worker bees do all the...

Everyone thought the British Black Bee had died out completely. Beekeepers replaced them with paler bees, the result of an extensive...

Female solitary bees make their nests in a variety of places, such as hollow plant stems or tunnels in the ground. About two-thirds of...

A beehive intended for honey production usually consists of a stack of stout wooden boxes, approximately 45cm square. The lowest box,...