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🐝Jean Vernon🐝

@thegreenjeanie.bsky.social
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Award Winning Writer-UK 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

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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Found this beautiful #hollybluebutterfly resting on a peony bud in my garden. #butterfly
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
#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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duleyp.bsky.social @duleyp.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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
A head on close up of a Honey Bee resting on a the bright yellow heart of a daisy. The background and surroundings are yellow and white, out of focus flower hearts and petals. The bees face is mainly black and the hairs that normally are obvious on its head are wetted down by the rain drops resting that have drenched it. One wing is completely adhered to its body by the weight of the water. After taking the photo I moved the bee, and flower, into one of the poly tunnels, where it was warmer, drier (but open sided so it could get out), and there were plenty of appropriate herb flowers.
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@s4r4h-l @s4r4h-l.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
#WildWebsWednesday Mr and Mrs Silver Studded Blue Caernesis from #NorthWales at the weekend. Simply perfect. 💙 @ukbutterflies.bsky.social #vitaminN @savebutterflies.bsky.social
A perfect male SSB showing the 'studs' on the wing edge top picture and a very fresh female with the orange markings below, stunning colour on her!
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Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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
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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…
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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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Andy Salisbury @andyentomologist.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
It's #PlantHealthWeek meet the RHS Plant Health Team
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nhbs.bsky.social @nhbs.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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
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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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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
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.
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Thanks to @liamolds.bsky.social I now know that this little beauty is a male Meloe violaceus. It’s a rare oil beetle #oilbeetle
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
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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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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!
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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!
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Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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
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Carla Jack @pocketwildingie.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
'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.
Book Cover of 'Secret lives of Bees' by Jean Vernon
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
What a lovely start to my week! Kind words mean so much especially when they are unexpected! Thank you @pocketwildingie.bsky.social 🐝💕🐝
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It’s #fridaybee #beefriday! Just put these #muscari plants out. Seconds later this lovely #queenbumblebee arrived feeding on the nectar rich flowers. I think she is a white tailed #bumblebee #bombuslucorum. Her bands are more yellowy-lemon? @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social Don’t worry about her mites!
Queen bumblebee on muscari
Image - Jean Vernon/TheGreenJeanieQueen bumblebee on muscari
Image - Jean Vernon/TheGreenJeanie
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It’s #fridaybee #beefriday! Just put these #muscari plants out. Seconds later this lovely #queenbumblebee arrived feeding on the nectar rich flowers. I think she is a white tailed #bumblebee #bombuslucorum. Her bands are more yellowy-lemon? @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social Don’t worry about her mites!
Queen bumblebee on muscari
Image - Jean Vernon/TheGreenJeanieQueen bumblebee on muscari
Image - Jean Vernon/TheGreenJeanie
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Amazing find today while out and about! A rare #oilbeetle. Fabulous and fascinating creature! @carabidaeuk.bsky.social @liamolds.bsky.social
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Amazing find today while out and about! A rare #oilbeetle. Fabulous and fascinating creature! @carabidaeuk.bsky.social @liamolds.bsky.social
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Can you see the #bee? It was feeding on the #muscari! One of my favourite #bees - ok I’ve got a lot of favourites. All black with rusty-orange back legs. Female hairy footed flower bee. Flipping fast. So fast she was gone as I took photo! So … here’s a pretty grape hyacinth image! #solitarybees!
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Can you see the #bee? It was feeding on the #muscari! One of my favourite #bees - ok I’ve got a lot of favourites. All black with rusty-orange back legs. Female hairy footed flower bee. Flipping fast. So fast she was gone as I took photo! So … here’s a pretty grape hyacinth image! #solitarybees!
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This was a surprise on #fridaybee #beefriday! A queen #earlybumblebee #BombusPratorum inside a #daffodil! It’s significantly Warmer in the trumpet but I’ve never seen a #bumblebee feeding on #narcissi??
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Never mind #jimmychooshoes look at these! This little male #bloodynosebeetle is hanging on. But look at his shoes! Just wow. Sorry for the #beetleporn but aren’t they gorgeous?? #beetles
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Made my day to see this! Red-tailed #bumblebees - Bombus lapidarius - had a dreadful year last year. Here's hoping this year will be better for them
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Never mind #jimmychooshoes look at these! This little male #bloodynosebeetle is hanging on. But look at his shoes! Just wow. Sorry for the #beetleporn but aren’t they gorgeous?? #beetles
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
This was a surprise on #fridaybee #beefriday! A queen #earlybumblebee #BombusPratorum inside a #daffodil! It’s significantly Warmer in the trumpet but I’ve never seen a #bumblebee feeding on #narcissi??
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I’m following the buzz around the garden right now. The deep buzzing sound of the lovely #bufftailedbumblebee #wueens is mesmerising! Right now thy are feeding on my perennial borage. Such a great #bumblebee plant. Read more here: addictedtobees.com?p=82
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I’m following the buzz around the garden right now. The deep buzzing sound of the lovely #bufftailedbumblebee #wueens is mesmerising! Right now thy are feeding on my perennial borage. Such a great #bumblebee plant. Read more here: addictedtobees.com?p=82
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
It’s #fridaybee #beefriday & today I’m sharing another favourite #bee. The common carder #bumblebee #Bombus pascourum. One of the more common species you might find in your garden. Longer tongue. Loves #comfrey & #verbena. Such a cutie!
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Brian ☀️🌏🌘 @balail.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Barn Owl lifting off from a palm stump... #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
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Sussex Kelp Recovery Project (SKRP) @sussexkelp.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🌿Kelp forests are one of the most biodiverse habitats on Earth. They're our underwater rainforests-each kelp home to as many as 80,000 individual organisms. They create an environment for many species throughout the marine food web to nurse, feed, thrive and breed. 📸Paul Boniface/Sussex Underwater
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Nice to think my clumps of #pulmonaria are helping this #queen #earlybumblebee start her nest. #bombuspratorum #bumblebee. #savethebees #savethebumblebees.
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
To celebrate my #beebook birthday - my publisher is doing a #giveaway on Instagram. @whiteowlbooks or my page @addicted2bees. #TheSecretLivesofGardenBees #win #author #bumblebees #solitarybees #nothoneybees
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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Male hairy-footed flower bee patrolling regular nest site in bank on Tunbridge Wells Common. Good view of the 'hairy foot' (middle leg on the right)!
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Ian Beavis @ianbeavis.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Lots of solitary bee activity in Calverley Grounds today including freshly emerged females of the rare White-bellied Mining Bee Andrena gravida.
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Rumyana Whitcher @rumiwhitcher.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
~Purple spring~ A fine carpet of crocuses in beautiful spring colours. #nature #crocuses #spring #photography #flower #flowers
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Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
YASSS QUEEN! Happy International Women's Day to all our Queen Bees out there 🐝 #internationalwomensday #bees #wildlife 📸Queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee © Anna Guthrie
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🐝Jean Vernon🐝 @thegreenjeanie.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
On #beefriday #fridaybee here’s a little reminder that bees & other #pollinators can’t all feed from the same shaped flowers! The #GardenBumblebee #BombusHortorum has the longest tongue & needs long tubular flowers like #foxgloves! Please think about flower shape when choosing what to plant!
Bombus hortorum the garden bumblebee feeding on digitalis. Image Jean Vernon
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Julia Osterman @juliaosterman.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
📢 New study: Insect Biomasse & abundance were similar in protected areas & urban wastelands, but 🐝wild bee diversity was higher in urban areas! Protected areas (Natura 2000) may need targeted management to support pollinators. 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @wilosterman.bsky.social
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