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During an hour-long monitoring visit to the roof of a 12 storey building in Bloomsbury on 28 May, from 9.30- 10.30, with Ryan Mesarcik at Q&S Landscapes, we recorded 8 different bee species foraging:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Many Red-tailed bumblebees<\/strong> (14-16mm) on Hawkbit (pictured), Knapweed and Vetch<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. One Leafcutter bee<\/strong> (9-10mm) (pictured) on Purple vetch<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Six Four-banded flower bees<\/strong>\u00a0 (7-8mm) on Vipers bugloss (pictured)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. A few Common furrow bees <\/strong>(8-10mm) on Mexican fleabane and Oxeye daisy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. A Yellow-face bee <\/strong>(4.5mm) on Mexican fleabane<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. A Blue mason bee<\/strong> (6-7mm) on Clover<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Many Buff-tailed bumblebees<\/strong> (13-18mm) on: Hawkbit (Dandelion-like), Kidney vetch, Clover, Ragged robin, Vipers Bugloss, Oxeye daisy, Knapweed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Many honeybees<\/strong> (9-10mm) on Hawkbit and Knapweed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    We used our eyes, our phones, and our bee charts to record and identify bees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Urban Bees has been working with maintenance contractor, Q&S,the gardener designer and building manager, Savills to feed as many different bee species as possible throughout spring and summer on the huge roof. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    It just goes to show with the right flowers – natives and non natives – and irrigation that wild bumblebees and small solitary bees will forage that high. We don’t know where any of them are nesting! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    A June survey will follow at the end of the month…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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