Category Archives: Bees

Whiteknights Flower Rich Campus

Posted on 2014/10/10 by Alastair Culham

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Victoria Wickens from the Centre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER) has kindly provided a series of photos taken on campus over the summer.

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Harris garden honey

Posted on 2014/09/29 by Alastair Culham

A beautful sunny September morning set the scene for the culmination of the first season of honey production in the School of Biological Sciences Walled garden at the west end of the Harris Garden.

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The bite-or-flight response

Posted on 2013/03/01 by Top Cat

Spiders are not everyone’s brownie in a mug, more often they are deemed hairy, scary and relegated to a life beneath a glass on your bathroom floor. The media are not particularly supportive of these fascinating animals either. Cases of … Continue reading →

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As busy as bees

Posted on 2012/04/30 by Alastair Culham

From our roving reporter: seen here are two swarms of bees found on campus recently. We are lucky enough to have a large colony in one veteran oak on campus but there are also other colonies around.  Swarms form when … Continue reading →

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