You've duplicated the thread, @selena.das04 so it might be worth going back and removing the other one before the edit time runs out, or else doing a link on it explaining. It helps avoid confusion Apologies - I see it's a different one! Just ignore me
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You've duplicated the thread, @selena.das04 so it might be worth going back and removing the other one before the edit time runs out, or else doing a link on it explaining. It helps avoid confusion Apologies - I see it's a different one! Just ignore me
Thank you all for all the responses. I understand it is restrictive now but my main aim was in seeing which wildlife needs conserving the most which is bees (won by about 80%). I have one final survey and would really appreciate it if you completed it, it will only take a minute and I tried to make this survey better. And thank you to those who wished me luck xx
The link doesn't work for me. It says I need permission, even after logging in to google with my google email address. Requiring google login isn't going to encourage people to do the survey, even if it worked.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Nope. The first one goes straight to the "You need permission" screen, and the second one does the same as your original one (google login, then "You need permission").
Maybe it's just me. I've got to go out now but I'll check in again tomorrow.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I've just learnt that my school has updated the forms so only people from school can answer them, you have undo this check box which I was unaware of until now. I am so sorry for the disturbance this has caused. It should work fine now xx
I have managed to complete the bee survey using the first link After completing it , there was an option to "view score", so being nosy l clicked on it. It takes me back to the first question, but l'm pretty sure my answers have been recorded.
The second one works OK for me on an ipad, but I can’t fill it in because I have absolutely no idea what a “bee conservation house” is.
Are we talking about wild bumble bees or domesticated honey bees?
Domesticated honey bees live in “houses” made by beekeepers. Wild bees either live in the ground or in holes in walls etc.
Do you mean a hive?
i mean something along the lines of this to put in your garden and in the countryside just to make a small impact on the bee economy, nothing like a large hive, but enough so helps out the few solitary bees. Similar to ladybird houses which people often have in their gardens.
I can see the survey now but most of it is not applicable for me because I see no need to buy (or even make) a fancy bee house. @pansyface makes some very good points. I think best way to encourage bees (and wildlife more generally) is to grow lots of things that they like and not to be fanatical about having a tidy garden. I regularly see several different types of bee in my garden so I expect the bumbles have been nesting in the untidy corners under the shrubs or hedge. Some years I get the mining bees that make little cones of soil with a hole in the top (I haven't seen those this year but I might not have looked in the right place) and I even had a visiting swarm of honeybees for a day or so earlier in the year. If I wanted to make a "bee house" with minimal environmental impact I think I would just cut some old canes that have got too brittle for plant supports into short lengths, tie them together with a few bits of old string and stuff it in the hedge or in a corner somewhere. Bees don't care about design, but then they don't need to get GCSEs either . Sorry I can't help, and good luck with your studies.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I'm with pansyface on this. Apart from all the points about using recources to construct something that may or may not be useful, there is the problem of disease. An artificial bee habitat could be a great way to spread disease from bee to bee unless the bamboo etc. was changed on a yearly basis. Much as a bird box needs to be disinfected at the end of each season, I would assume that the same sort of regime would be needed for a bee hotel. Far better to ensure that bees and other insects have access to natural habitats.
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It helps avoid confusion
Apologies - I see it's a different one! Just ignore me
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://forms.gle/Gy4EGtUyYARp8WwM9
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScedqH63659__pyMcJ-MsRpJanMA3xRib4KA4d4RnLU2cYjiQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
After completing it , there was an option to "view score", so being nosy l clicked on it. It takes me back to the first question, but l'm pretty sure my answers have been recorded.