Insect Conservation and Habitat Creation

Spring, a yellow time of year

It's spring, there's a lot of yellow about and bumbles are everywhere. From the almond to the wattle, our fury little helpers are busy moving genetic material from tree to tree, pollinating the flowers and ensuring a good harvest.

September 04, 2012

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Stage 1 - Trees, shrubs, ground cover and climbers

The first part of planting is complete with over 150 new substantial, long lived plants finally in the ground.
Selected species include:

Silk tree
Tree Lucerne
Winter Sweet
European hazelnut
South African tree heath (pictured)
Shining gum
Flowering ash
Hybrid witch hazel
Green flowered hellebore
Golden rain tree
Amur maakia
Kobus magnolia
Fraqgrant epaulette tree
Japanese fodder willow
Chinese sweet box
Chinese wisteria
Black Locust

August 01, 2012

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Funding, an essential element to any project

We move one giant step closer to actually doing something positive for our bumbling friends. Thanks to a very generous contribution from The Wooden Toy Box we have purchased an assortment of bee friendly plants. This first stage planting of small trees and shrubs aims to extend the times of year blossoms are available with future plantings to fill in the gaps with self seeding annuals.

www.thewoodentoybox.co.nz

July 01, 2012

Bumblebee house

I got excited and threw together this little wooden box intended to shelter bumblebees. A flap of thick rubber as a roof allows for taking a peek inside. However it turns out, as the spiders inside know, bumblebees like to find their own secretive hiding places.

September 11, 2011

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