The ivy is out in flower, it is covered in bees and hoverflies taking advantage of the September sunshine and topping up their nectar stores.
Read moreThe National Botanic Garden of Wales is leading research using DNA barcoding to understand the foraging preferences of pollinating insects. Based on their results so far, we asked the Botanic Garden’s scientists to let us know some of the best plants to attract pollinators in August. Here are their top six plant families. Be sure to avoid double flowered varieties.
Read moreBotanic Garden beekeeper Lynda Christie discovers that, when it comes to honeybees, one plus one equals four!
Read moreMeet Lucy Witter, one of our new PhD students creating pollinator friendly seed mixes at the Botanic Garden.
Read moreAndrew Lucas, who researches hoverflies with the Garden, was tasked with explaining his PhD thesis in 3 minutes.
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