🐝Jean Vernon🐝
@thegreenjeanie.bsky.social
Award Winning Writer-UK
Best Selling Author - The Secret Lives of Garden Bees
2nd book - Attracting Garden Pollinators
Speaker-Workshops-BeeSafaris
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TheGreenJeanie.com
AddictedToBees.com
InstaG - @Addicted2Bees
Best Selling Author - The Secret Lives of Garden Bees
2nd book - Attracting Garden Pollinators
Speaker-Workshops-BeeSafaris
Bumblebees-SolitaryBees-Pollinators-Wildlife
TheGreenJeanie.com
AddictedToBees.com
InstaG - @Addicted2Bees
Last time I got up close to this plant was in the #poisongarden @alnwickgarden, under lock & key?? But it’s growing close to where children play at a garden open to public in #Somerset? The #castoroilplant hides a deadly secret. Its seeds contain #ricin. Look don’t touch. #deadly #poison
October 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Last time I got up close to this plant was in the #poisongarden @alnwickgarden, under lock & key?? But it’s growing close to where children play at a garden open to public in #Somerset? The #castoroilplant hides a deadly secret. Its seeds contain #ricin. Look don’t touch. #deadly #poison
Found a QUEEN red-tailed #bumblebee yeoorganicgarden yesterday. It’s very late in the season & another reminder that late forage is so very important for our late active #pollinator pals. This beauty a Bombus lapidarius was feeding on asters. #yeovalleyorganic #somerset #bumblebees🐝 #queenbumblebee
September 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Found a QUEEN red-tailed #bumblebee yeoorganicgarden yesterday. It’s very late in the season & another reminder that late forage is so very important for our late active #pollinator pals. This beauty a Bombus lapidarius was feeding on asters. #yeovalleyorganic #somerset #bumblebees🐝 #queenbumblebee
As the wheel of the year turns to #Midsummer take a moment to reflect & ground. Left a little #summersolstice offering beneath a wise old #yewtree. The light encircled the #mandala of #crystals & flowers. a #whitefeather came to grace our beautiful moment.
#solsticeblessings
#solsticeblessings
June 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
As the wheel of the year turns to #Midsummer take a moment to reflect & ground. Left a little #summersolstice offering beneath a wise old #yewtree. The light encircled the #mandala of #crystals & flowers. a #whitefeather came to grace our beautiful moment.
#solsticeblessings
#solsticeblessings
#Caterpillars don’t usually kill our plants. They are natural food for wild birds especially chicks & other important creatures like #pollinators. Found this little beauty on lambs ears. Almost perfectly camouflaged! I think it is a red admiral #chrysalis? Don’t spray ‘bugs’ they are baby food!
June 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
#Caterpillars don’t usually kill our plants. They are natural food for wild birds especially chicks & other important creatures like #pollinators. Found this little beauty on lambs ears. Almost perfectly camouflaged! I think it is a red admiral #chrysalis? Don’t spray ‘bugs’ they are baby food!
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I don't normally bother with Honey #Bees, as they're the 🐄 of the bee world, but this one'd been caught in the 🌧️ and was very bedraggled. Rain aside, it was a nice morning at @jekkasherbfarm.bsky.social where @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social gave a great talk. #ukwildlife #invertebrates #solitarybees
June 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I don't normally bother with Honey #Bees, as they're the 🐄 of the bee world, but this one'd been caught in the 🌧️ and was very bedraggled. Rain aside, it was a nice morning at @jekkasherbfarm.bsky.social where @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social gave a great talk. #ukwildlife #invertebrates #solitarybees
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#WildWebsWednesday Mr and Mrs Silver Studded Blue Caernesis from #NorthWales at the weekend. Simply perfect. 💙 @ukbutterflies.bsky.social #vitaminN @savebutterflies.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#WildWebsWednesday Mr and Mrs Silver Studded Blue Caernesis from #NorthWales at the weekend. Simply perfect. 💙 @ukbutterflies.bsky.social #vitaminN @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Recently the Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BCT) reported that, in 2024, British bumblebees experienced their worst year since the BCT started its monitoring campaign.
All of which begs an important question: what is happening to wild #bees in Britain?
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/03/10/w...
#ecology
All of which begs an important question: what is happening to wild #bees in Britain?
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/03/10/w...
#ecology
What is happening to wild bees in Britain?
Recently the Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BCT) reported that, in 2024, British bumblebees experienced their worst year since the BCT started its monitoring campaign. Overall, the numbers of bees w…
jeffollerton.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Recently the Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BCT) reported that, in 2024, British bumblebees experienced their worst year since the BCT started its monitoring campaign.
All of which begs an important question: what is happening to wild #bees in Britain?
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/03/10/w...
#ecology
All of which begs an important question: what is happening to wild #bees in Britain?
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/03/10/w...
#ecology
On #beefriday #FridayBee I bring you the common carder #bumblebee feeding on #lungwort. #Bombuspascourum drinking from the nectar chalice of #pulmonaria flowers!
May 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
On #beefriday #FridayBee I bring you the common carder #bumblebee feeding on #lungwort. #Bombuspascourum drinking from the nectar chalice of #pulmonaria flowers!
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It's #PlantHealthWeek meet the RHS Plant Health Team
May 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It's #PlantHealthWeek meet the RHS Plant Health Team
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Bird feeders and tables are a great way to provide supplementary food sources for local birds, and it's crucial to keep them clean to prevent the spread of diseases.
Read our latest blog, which explains how to clean and maintain them at vist.ly/3n3izie
#birdfeeder #birdtable #birds #ornithology
Read our latest blog, which explains how to clean and maintain them at vist.ly/3n3izie
#birdfeeder #birdtable #birds #ornithology
The NHBS Guide to Maintaining Bird Tables and Feeders
A bird table is a great way to provide supplementary food sources to local bird species, especially during harsh winter months, and offers a delightful window into the lives of our local birdlife. This added food source can have significant positive impacts on the overall health, condition, and breeding success of bird populations in the … Continue reading “The NHBS Guide to Maintaining Bird Tables and Feeders”
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May 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Bird feeders and tables are a great way to provide supplementary food sources for local birds, and it's crucial to keep them clean to prevent the spread of diseases.
Read our latest blog, which explains how to clean and maintain them at vist.ly/3n3izie
#birdfeeder #birdtable #birds #ornithology
Read our latest blog, which explains how to clean and maintain them at vist.ly/3n3izie
#birdfeeder #birdtable #birds #ornithology
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On #BeeFriday #FridayBee I bring you 2 beauties! A red tailed #BumblebeeQueen & a #dandelion!. Beauty & the Bee. #Bombuslapidarius had a terrible 2024 a 70% decline. But #dandelions could help save them. #Wildflowers not #weeds! Please leave for the #bees. #SaveTheBees
May 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
On #BeeFriday #FridayBee I bring you 2 beauties! A red tailed #BumblebeeQueen & a #dandelion!. Beauty & the Bee. #Bombuslapidarius had a terrible 2024 a 70% decline. But #dandelions could help save them. #Wildflowers not #weeds! Please leave for the #bees. #SaveTheBees
On #BeeFriday #FridayBee I bring you 2 beauties! A red tailed #BumblebeeQueen & a #dandelion!. Beauty & the Bee. #Bombuslapidarius had a terrible 2024 a 70% decline. But #dandelions could help save them. #Wildflowers not #weeds! Please leave for the #bees. #SaveTheBees
May 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
On #BeeFriday #FridayBee I bring you 2 beauties! A red tailed #BumblebeeQueen & a #dandelion!. Beauty & the Bee. #Bombuslapidarius had a terrible 2024 a 70% decline. But #dandelions could help save them. #Wildflowers not #weeds! Please leave for the #bees. #SaveTheBees
If you thought #stingingnettles were #weeds think again. They are baby food for many species of #butterflies and #moths. Can anyone advise what this little green #caterpillar will become? I’ve tried to research but no luck so far. Thank you! Feeding on a sunny patch of #nettles.
May 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
If you thought #stingingnettles were #weeds think again. They are baby food for many species of #butterflies and #moths. Can anyone advise what this little green #caterpillar will become? I’ve tried to research but no luck so far. Thank you! Feeding on a sunny patch of #nettles.
Thanks to @liamolds.bsky.social I now know that this little beauty is a male Meloe violaceus. It’s a rare oil beetle #oilbeetle
Found this amazing oil beetle in the garden today. I’m not sure of the species but I can see a groove in the thorax? So it is Meloe rugosus? Or Meloe violaceus?? Pretty sure it’s a female! Exciting! @liamolds.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thanks to @liamolds.bsky.social I now know that this little beauty is a male Meloe violaceus. It’s a rare oil beetle #oilbeetle
Found this amazing oil beetle in the garden today. I’m not sure of the species but I can see a groove in the thorax? So it is Meloe rugosus? Or Meloe violaceus?? Pretty sure it’s a female! Exciting! @liamolds.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Found this amazing oil beetle in the garden today. I’m not sure of the species but I can see a groove in the thorax? So it is Meloe rugosus? Or Meloe violaceus?? Pretty sure it’s a female! Exciting! @liamolds.bsky.social
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Intimate moment watching this lovely little Holly Blue butterfly as she worked her way around our Holly hedge laying her eggs singly, at the base of unopened flower buds. 💙
Happy new week everyone! 📷 🦋 🌿
#Photography #BlueSkyMonday #MacroMonday #InverteFest #Invert #EastCoastKin #UKWildlife
Happy new week everyone! 📷 🦋 🌿
#Photography #BlueSkyMonday #MacroMonday #InverteFest #Invert #EastCoastKin #UKWildlife
April 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Intimate moment watching this lovely little Holly Blue butterfly as she worked her way around our Holly hedge laying her eggs singly, at the base of unopened flower buds. 💙
Happy new week everyone! 📷 🦋 🌿
#Photography #BlueSkyMonday #MacroMonday #InverteFest #Invert #EastCoastKin #UKWildlife
Happy new week everyone! 📷 🦋 🌿
#Photography #BlueSkyMonday #MacroMonday #InverteFest #Invert #EastCoastKin #UKWildlife
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On #FridayBee #beefriday. I’m excited to share that we found at least a dozen Red tail #bumblebeequeens feeding on the #camassia on a #bumblebeesafari @yeoorganicgarden
#BombusLapidarius was 1 of the worst affected BBs last season. I had not seen a single example. we hit the jackpot! Still BUZZING!
#BombusLapidarius was 1 of the worst affected BBs last season. I had not seen a single example. we hit the jackpot! Still BUZZING!
April 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
On #FridayBee #beefriday. I’m excited to share that we found at least a dozen Red tail #bumblebeequeens feeding on the #camassia on a #bumblebeesafari @yeoorganicgarden
#BombusLapidarius was 1 of the worst affected BBs last season. I had not seen a single example. we hit the jackpot! Still BUZZING!
#BombusLapidarius was 1 of the worst affected BBs last season. I had not seen a single example. we hit the jackpot! Still BUZZING!
On #FridayBee #beefriday. I’m excited to share that we found at least a dozen Red tail #bumblebeequeens feeding on the #camassia on a #bumblebeesafari @yeoorganicgarden
#BombusLapidarius was 1 of the worst affected BBs last season. I had not seen a single example. we hit the jackpot! Still BUZZING!
#BombusLapidarius was 1 of the worst affected BBs last season. I had not seen a single example. we hit the jackpot! Still BUZZING!
April 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
On #FridayBee #beefriday. I’m excited to share that we found at least a dozen Red tail #bumblebeequeens feeding on the #camassia on a #bumblebeesafari @yeoorganicgarden
#BombusLapidarius was 1 of the worst affected BBs last season. I had not seen a single example. we hit the jackpot! Still BUZZING!
#BombusLapidarius was 1 of the worst affected BBs last season. I had not seen a single example. we hit the jackpot! Still BUZZING!
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Support Sian Berry’s #GoPesticideFree bill, scheduled for debate 25th April, which would ban local councils in England from using pesticides in public spaces. No more poison in our streets and parks! Contact your MP using the link below:
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe... @sianberry.bsky.social
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe... @sianberry.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Support Sian Berry’s #GoPesticideFree bill, scheduled for debate 25th April, which would ban local councils in England from using pesticides in public spaces. No more poison in our streets and parks! Contact your MP using the link below:
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe... @sianberry.bsky.social
pan-uk.eaction.org.uk/edm-urban-pe... @sianberry.bsky.social
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'Secret lives of Bees' by @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social (Jean Vernon). The photography is fantastic. Bees are grouped in with simple descriptions and each bee profile includes a 'How to spot them' and ' How to help them' headlines.
Great observations on their habitats, plant pref's and habits.
Great observations on their habitats, plant pref's and habits.
April 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
'Secret lives of Bees' by @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social (Jean Vernon). The photography is fantastic. Bees are grouped in with simple descriptions and each bee profile includes a 'How to spot them' and ' How to help them' headlines.
Great observations on their habitats, plant pref's and habits.
Great observations on their habitats, plant pref's and habits.
What a lovely start to my week! Kind words mean so much especially when they are unexpected! Thank you @pocketwildingie.bsky.social 🐝💕🐝
'Secret lives of Bees' by @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social (Jean Vernon). The photography is fantastic. Bees are grouped in with simple descriptions and each bee profile includes a 'How to spot them' and ' How to help them' headlines.
Great observations on their habitats, plant pref's and habits.
Great observations on their habitats, plant pref's and habits.
April 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
What a lovely start to my week! Kind words mean so much especially when they are unexpected! Thank you @pocketwildingie.bsky.social 🐝💕🐝