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It's no secret that bees are declining across the UK, but what's the picture like in Lancashire? Lancashire Wildlife Trust bee expert, Ben Hargreaves, discusses the gains and losses.

Steve Garland, chair of Lancashire Wildlife Trust and beetle expert, explores the world of these incredible, armoured insects.

We all know that bees are under threat, but we don’t always know how to help them. Luckily, bee conservation can start in your garden and we’re here to help you learn how to garden for bees.

A new set of Wild Guides have been published by Princeton Press. I will be reviewing the new guides this week. Today – Europe’s Dragonflies

A new set of Wild Guides have been published by Princeton Press. I will be reviewing the new guides this week. Today - Britain's Spiders

Wildlife-friendly gardening is such a wonderful way to support everything from bees to butterflies, lizards to ladybirds and hedgehogs to house sparrows. But unless you have also gone peat-free…

The end of summer is fast approaching and we are seeing the new queen and male bumblebees in our gardens regularly now. New social wasp queens are appearing and male wasps will follow in the next…

Is it that time of year already? As we move into July the early spring bees have finished their work and we start to see solitary wasps with more frequency and will start to see new queen…

How well do you know your caterpillars? Take our quiz and see if you can match each wiggly larva to its adult form.

Karen McCartney shares some more bee and wasp species to be on the look out for as we enter summer.