Ironic. #NationalWildlifeDay & real threat hits the UK: #AsianHornet spotted in #Cornwall. To help, we’re giving away our App with #AsianHornet Tracking & Swarm Collection features FREE for 3 months, to those living in Cornwall. Email: [email protected]

We've confirmed a sighting of an #Asianhornet in #Cornwall today. If you think you've spotted one you can report it using the iPhone & Android app ‘Asian Hornet Watch’. Find out more from Cornwall Beekeepers Cornwall Honey 🐝: nonnativespecies.org/alerts/index.c…

Give wasps multi-coloured paper = rainbow nests! Work/art by Mattia Menchetti, a biology student at Uni. of Florence

You don't need a large garden to attract #bumblebees - planting containers is just as good! Visit our Bee kind tool: ow.ly/Xwgr30cwe8z

I’m counting bees for the Great British Bee Count goo.gl/i6Wun9 #GreatBritishBeeCount

Take part in Friend's of the Earth wwwfoecouk Great British Bee Count before 30th June 2017: foe.co.uk/bee-count #GreatBritishBeeCount

Be careful out there. An arson attack on beehives in Kent 😢 farminguk.com/news/Arson-sus…

#Honeybee Fact of the Day: Did you know that #honeybees can remove 15,000 pollen grains in 2 minutes as they clean themselves? #savethebees

All that pollen can be brushed dreckly into flowers! #NationalPollinatorWeek

#Tories aim to block the full EU ban on #honeybee-harming pesticides. goo.gl/Cm3Cx3 Be a real environmentalist beekeeper 🐝

Register your interest in the Beginner's Beekeeping Workshop on the 15th July! 🐝 facebook.com/events/1628069…

Did you know that #honeybees are totally blind to the colour red? For more fascinating facts visit: ow.ly/hy5b30d1KzZ BBKA

India's bees are dying out and only its farmers know why — Quartz bit.ly/2sJnVd7

Bees have tiny brains, but they can still learn to play golf bit.ly/2vgh1dc

.NASA Webb Telescope has the capacity to detect the heat of a bumblebee if it were on the moon. #FollowFriday to learn more: x.com/nasawebb

This is how Varroa mites swept the globe. Imagine how they spread in your hives! Manage these pesky critters. More: goo.gl/5rfAjV

Why Manuka Honey Is So Super It Should Wear A Cape ow.ly/8krA30eamdS

Bees like to binge on one type of flower in one area to save energy, so planting in large groups or 'pollinator patches' attracts them!

New genetic research on honeybees proves that "you are what you eat"! At least for bees :) goo.gl/8yz8u5

Local #Cornwall lads rally to save native bees ow.ly/eJny30fvRKd