{"id":2976,"date":"2019-05-02T16:38:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T15:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2019-05-15T10:01:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T09:01:55","slug":"the-good-bee-a-celebration-of-bees-and-how-to-save-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=2976","title":{"rendered":"The Good Bee: A Celebration of Bees and How to Save Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/The-Good-Bee-cover-732x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2977\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=2977\" class=\"wp-image-2977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/The-Good-Bee-cover-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/The-Good-Bee-cover-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/The-Good-Bee-cover-768x1074.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/The-Good-Bee-cover-624x872.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/The-Good-Bee-cover.jpg 1562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/guardianbookshop.com\/good-bee-9781789290837.html\">new book is out today<\/a>, with beautiful illustrations of some of the amazing bee species we spent the winter researching and writing about, from the world\u2019s largest bumblebee, the giant golden bumblebee <em>(Bombus dahlbombii)<\/em> in Patagonia &#8211; dubbed the flying mouse &#8211; \u00a0to the most northerly bumblebee <em>(Bombus polaris)<\/em> which sunbathes in Arctic poppies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearer to home, we learned about the solitary bees living in our garden, including the delightfully named hairy-footed flower bee (<em>Anthophora plumipes<\/em>). The furry black females are easy to spot in February and March darting among the lungwort and comfrey with their tongue sticking out in search of food. In April, red mason bees (<em>Osmia bicornis<\/em>) emerge from our bee hotels perfectly timed with the blossoming of the apple tree. Leafcutter bees <em>(Megachile centuncularis<\/em>) follow later in the summer flying through the air with a rose leaf clasped between their legs like a witch on a broom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/longtonuehairyfootedflowerbee.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2979\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=2979\" class=\"wp-image-2979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/longtonuehairyfootedflowerbee.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/longtonuehairyfootedflowerbee-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/longtonuehairyfootedflowerbee-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/longtonuehairyfootedflowerbee-624x469.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mason_bee_emerging.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2980\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=2980\" class=\"wp-image-2980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mason_bee_emerging.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/mason_bee_emerging-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leafcutter-Bee-in-flight-1024x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2981\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=2981\" class=\"wp-image-2981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leafcutter-Bee-in-flight.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leafcutter-Bee-in-flight-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leafcutter-Bee-in-flight-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Leafcutter-Bee-in-flight-624x494.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>SONY DSC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And we discovered a whole world of tiny black solitary bees, from the small scissor bees <em>(Chelostoma campanularum) <\/em>on our campanulas to the resin bees (<em>Heriades truncorum<\/em>) &nbsp;nesting in holes drilled into wood and the furrow bees (Lasioglossum calceatum) on our Geranium rozanne (the best flower for solitary bees, research shows).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/campanulahylaeuscommunis.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2982\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=2982\" class=\"wp-image-2982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/campanulahylaeuscommunis.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/campanulahylaeuscommunis-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/geraniumroxannelasioglossums.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2984\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=2984\" class=\"wp-image-2984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/geraniumroxannelasioglossums.jpg 617w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/geraniumroxannelasioglossums-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Heriades-truncorum_2152bigheadedresinbee-1024x726.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2985\" data-link=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?attachment_id=2985\" class=\"wp-image-2985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Heriades-truncorum_2152bigheadedresinbee-1024x726.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Heriades-truncorum_2152bigheadedresinbee-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Heriades-truncorum_2152bigheadedresinbee-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Heriades-truncorum_2152bigheadedresinbee-624x442.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Heriades-truncorum_2152bigheadedresinbee.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We wanted to\nshare our infectious fascination and awe for bees by highlighting their vital\nrole as a lynchpin in the working of our planet and their relationship with us\nthroughout history. &nbsp;We hope in doing so\nthat people fall in love with nature\u2019s wizards. But their existence is increasingly\nthreatened. &nbsp;So the book also sets out\nsimple steps we can all take to help bees, &nbsp;and explains how we need to make our\ncountryside and our cities havens for bees to help not just their survival, but\nours too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our new book is out today, with beautiful illustrations of some of the amazing bee species we spent the winter researching and writing about, from the world\u2019s largest bumblebee, the giant golden bumblebee (Bombus dahlbombii) in Patagonia &#8211; dubbed the flying mouse &#8211; \u00a0to the most northerly bumblebee (Bombus polaris) which sunbathes in Arctic poppies. 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