Richard Glassborow

@StevenFalk1 What is it about bicycles & memory? In his wonderfully absurd book, “The Third Policeman”, Flann O’Brien suggests some kind of exchange at molecular level!

Even dryer today so took my 22 yr old Giant TCR out for a spin. Ultra-light even by today's standards. Must have ridden 200+ races on it - road races, crits, hill climbs and short time trials. A mix of happy and painful memories attached to this lovely bike.

Evidence based understanding of and by different subspecies of beekeeper is a much needed step towards obligatory improvements in ecological sustainability

@apiculturalLdn Is that evidence based do you know?

Fact: UK climate is predominantly influenced by what comes across the Atlantic. This video shows a man choosing his words carefully — and well. Could his words be a weather warning to those of us on this side of the Atlantic?

@ApidaeHoney @apiculturalLdn Is it the bee or the keeping?

@apiculturalLdn 18 colonies on a tiny 2.6km² completely cut off from the mainland... Yeah no wonder there was a lot of pressure from honey bees 🙄

@DaveGoulson They are indeed amazing. Perhaps not exactly endearing but worth getting to know …

Wasp heaven - amazing creatures! This is a good way to distract them from your picnic :)

@ScotPollinators But avoid cutting them now if they have Devil’s bit Scabious which is as good an autumn forage source as Ivy. @N07/27915112569/in/album-72157631610322753/lightbox/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">flickr.com/photos/6307520…

Eight species of bumblebee in the UK are on the brink of extinction 🚨 Two of our most threatened species – the Great Yellow bumblebee and the Moss carder bumblebee – need urgent action, before it’s too late 💔 Please, sponsor a species today: ow.ly/MsSl50WVOvV

@ChynowethJamie @StevenFalk1 Will do

@LondonBeePerson @StevenFalk1 How lovely, if you haven't already please do: bwars.com/content/collet…

Clip shows part of a wall in Constantine bay, Cornwall, home to not a few Colletes hedera. But down by the beach I saw C. That appeared smaller and darker. Don’t have your book with me @StevenFalk1

@StevenFalk1 The 3 stills were taken of small number of bees in different habitat nearby. They struck me as “not quite the same” – smaller and darker? Poss males only

@LondonBeePerson Males and females?

@StevenFalk1 Tbh, I didn’t check with the bees in the wall. I have never seen such a big aggregation. That wall is probably over 20m long including a couple of gates. I was pretty sure they were hederae and didn’t think to check gender or other sp.

@BTO_Cornwall is it normal for the high tide mark to be full of seabird feathers? Constantine Bay, north #Cornwall

@Ed_P_Wildlife @B_Strawbridge Staying in north Cornwall, I was surprised to to see them flying this early.

First Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) of the year in our #Staffs garden today; a male. Lots of other invertebrates on the Ivy too, showing what in important resource it is. #bees #SolitaryBees #pollination

@apiculturalLdn @BBCNews 15x over what period/season I’d like to know. Must be winter months surely. I can’t see how 15x spring to summer brood level could work. Q. Why does an animal that has been around for 35 million years suddenly need a superfood to survive a winter

@LondonBeePerson @BBCNews The other way to look at it is colonies fed supplements produced 15 x as many bees that become foragers and put 15 x as much competition pressure on wild bees further endangering them. Stimulating colonies to become bigger is not sustainable.

@BBCNews please FACTCHECK your #BEES story on 6 o’clock News today 1. Honey bees are NOT in decline 2. Honey bees are NOT responsible for pollinating 70% of the food we eat – POLLINATORS are. Majority are wild. Wildlife IS in decline. Ignorance doesn’t help

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… It seems this research started 15 years ago. The politics of honey bees vs ecology has changed over that period & these indubitable academic achievements emerge into a complex context that requires thoughtful well-informed reporting not #beewash

@apiculturalLdn @BBCNews That old honey bee centric bee-decline propaganda and ambiguous wording over how much HBs “contribute” to food pollination. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… But interesting research. Seems to have been going on for 15 years. Bee politics has changed a lot in that time

@LondonBeePerson @BBCNews Are @BBCNews spreading #beewash again?

@perkins58 @BBCNews That was at least trying to put a balanced view. TheBBC repeatedly fly in the face of evidence when it comes to “bees” and keep pumping out long discredited beewash propaganda. it does so much harm

@LondonBeePerson @BBCNews Thank you maybe they should read the times article by Harry Wallop