Video of Wild Bees of the Meadows, John Walters

[Donna Cox]

Hi everyone, if you couldn't make it to Chagford recently to see renowned ecologist John Walters' fascinating talk on wild bees - Masons, Miners and Scissors - Wild Bees of the Meadows - or if you did and you'd like to see his inspiring talk again - here's the link:
https://youtu.be/P-2o-b41sdk

John Walters is hugely knowledgeable and introduces the secret life of nesting miners, leaf cutters and snail shell nesting bees (yes there's a bee that lays its egg in an empty snail shell and, what's more, covers this over to protect it with a mini grass haystack - it's worth watching John's incredible video footage just to see this amazing feat alone!). You'll also learn about bee cuckoos and their parasites, the Nomad bees, oil beetles and bee-grabber flies!

John is a naturalist and consultant on many television and radio programmes, and illustrator of The Wildlife of Dartmoor.

[Paul O]

That's an enjoyable and informative talk. Does anyone know of any entomologists who might be able to spend a few hours looking at our two small wildlife areas in East Devon next summer? Our meadow on the hill is buzzing and chirping with insects on a sunny summer day, but I think an expert would identify a lot more species than I ever will. I'd be willing to pay for professional help.

There are pictures of our wildlife fields at https://zedland.uk/.