@buzzclub.bsky.social
We are a citizen science group run out of the University of Sussex and directed by Prof. Dave Goulson. We create experiments to investigate how we can best use gardens for insect conservation 🪲🐝 come get involved!
Join today: www.thebuzzclub.uk/thebigbeehot...
13.05.2025 16:29 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New event!
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25.04.2025 14:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our next webinar in our Sussex Research Series!
Dr. Ciaran Harris will be discussing how the honeybee can inform us about the seasons of the year that contain shortages of nectar or pollen. He will also explore how this information can improve our efforts to help bees & other pollinators.
Link 👇
Did you miss @dave.goulson Entolive webinar yesterday? Want to hear about the results of The Big Bee Hotel Experiment 2024?
You can watch the whole webinar for free here: youtu.be/6c_YhzKD0mo?...
Have you visited our new Community Blog on our website?
Comment with your views and opinions, hear from others in our Community, and learn more from like-minded people ✨
Blog: www.thebuzzclub.uk/ourcommunity
The Big Bee Hotel Experiment
Project
Give it a go!
www.thebuzzclub.uk/thebigbeehot...
@buzzclub.bsky.social
Still time to make a clay hotel for the very lovely hairy-footed flower bee!
youtu.be/o1w8_6ctgZ0
Join Linda for a light-hearted look into some of her favourite strange insect stories, and find out:
😍about the anarchic ways of French chafer beetles
😍why Australia has monuments to moths
😍that time bee poo caused an international incident...
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/thebu...
Fantastic!
26.03.2025 08:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pledge to be a Hoverfly Hero and download a Hoverfly Gardening Guide here: www.wildaboutgardens.org.uk
Our Hoverfly Lagoon Project 2025 begins in May, but you can register your interest today & receive updates directly to your inbox: www.thebuzzclub.uk/hoverfly-lag...
@ellenrotheray.bsky.social
We are very excited to have been featured in hashtag#WildAboutGardens article on how to become a hashtag#HoverflyHero. Thanks to The Wildlife Trusts and Royal Horticultural Society for supporting our Hoverfly Lagoon project.
25.03.2025 15:49 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Find out more about the impact of pet flea treatments on nesting birds with University of Sussex researcher Dr Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu, thursday evening, online, sign up below.
www.tickettailor.com/events/thebu...
How many crocuses have you planted this year?
26.02.2025 11:49 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Oh no! Such a shame, hopefully they will be great in the future!
26.02.2025 11:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Glad you loved the webinar Nat!
26.02.2025 11:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks for such a lovely review 😍
26.02.2025 11:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#CrocusChallenge returns!
2024: 3333 crocuses planted 😍
Instructions:
🌷Plant your crocuses
🌷When they bloom, share your photos on socials by tagging us and #CrocusChallenge or email them to us at buzzclub@sussex.ac.uk
🌷Comment on this post with how many crocuses you have planted!
It’s tonight!! Come and join us for an earwig evening!
19.02.2025 09:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hi Armando, we hope you enjoy the Buzz Club’s pages. For more, check out our website for how to become a member for free and join in with all of our projects and events: www.thebuzzclub.uk
Any questions drop me an email buzzclub@sussex.ac.uk . Issy (Research Assistant)
Another fun find for our Bug Bunkers Project - O. villosa is one of the largest springtails in the UK, reaching up to 5mm in length.
We now have recorded 7375 individual invertebrates as part of this survey - and still one month to go!
Thanks to Sabina George for this photo.
Give it a try 👀
10.02.2025 23:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0If you want to learn more and get involved in surveying barkflies, check out the National Barkfly Recording Scheme: schemes.brc.ac.uk/barkfly/home...
10.02.2025 13:33 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Who knew a barkfly nymph could be so adorable!?
A find from our Bug Bunkers project by Harriet & Tej - thanks 😍
Barkflies are an important part of your garden ecosystem - they make tasty snacks for predatory insects, spiders and some birds!
#citizenscience #research #bugs #critters #nymph #baby
Over 60 webinars in, which entoLIVEs have proven most popular? It seems that 🐝subjects attract the most live attendees, but less popular groups do better in the long-run. Interesting.
#entomology #invertebrates #SciComms
Catch up on previous webinars here: biologicalrecording.co.uk/category/ent...
This is fantastic!
05.02.2025 17:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A cartoon of an earwig with starts in its eyes, surrounded by pink love hearts.
Today's 'Slightly Cursed Powerpoint Image' = the latest variation of my Earwi'GO! mascot.
Graphic design / my passion / etc 😆
(For the upcoming Earwi'GO! webinar with @buzzclub.bsky.social; info here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thebu...)
#entomology #citizenscience #earwigs #wildlifegardening
🔔Introducing: The Buzz Club's Sussex Research Webinar Series! 🔔
Our first talk is called 'Meadow Spittlebug, the 'Foam Lover'!' and will be delivered by Susmita Aown.
Book your ticket now: www.tickettailor.com/events/thebu...
#research #phd #meadow #spittlebug #grass #insects #food #webinar
Not this time!
28.01.2025 07:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0A different kind of morning for us today! Can you guess who we are next collaborating with?
27.01.2025 16:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0