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Summer 2019
                                                                                         Your photo gallery

        Climatic changes for bumblebees                                                  At this time of year, we receive lots of photos from you, and we are again
                                                                                         dedicating this page to the photo gallery! If you would like to see your photo
        – phew what a scorcher . . .                                                     featured in Buzzword, please email: media@bumblebeeconservation.org



        We have seen increasing concern     as resources reduce in availability as higher
        about climate change this year, people   temperatures become more extreme. Our
        everywhere have been motivated to   bumblebees continue to require our support
        march, write, tweet and test their MP’s   in ever more challenging conditions, for me,
        commitment to making change happen.   living in the south of England, I’m off to look
        As environmental problems go, few are as   for bee friendly, drought resistant plants –
        big and complex as climate change.  any ideas, please send them over.
        Weather predictions indicated it’s going to   To view the latest BeeWalk Report: www.
        be hot here in the UK again this summer.   bumblebeeconservation.org/News/
        Bumblebees with their thick furry coats   publications
        are not as delighted by the sun as we are.
        Last year, the hot summer put pressure
        on bumblebees and their food sources -
        read our latest fascinating and insightful
        BeeWalk Report, it explains how the
        weather last year affected bumblebees.
        Changes in nectar production can strongly
        affect plant–pollinator interactions,
        bumblebees may potentially benefit under
        moderate warming conditions, but suffer          Gill Perkins, CEO


      Contents

      8.   How can you help the
         bumblebees?
      14.  Bumblebees vs extreme weather
                                       8             14            20
      20.  Honeydew: fast food for
         bumblebees?

      Get in touch
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      Post   Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Beta Centre,
            Stirling University Innovation Park, Stirling FK9 4NF  Great Yellow bumblebee
                                                               (Bombus distinguendus)
      Phone  01786 594 130                                       by Pieter Haringsma
      Email  enquiries@bumblebeeconservation.org
            volunteering@bumblebeeconservation.org
            membership@bumblebeeconservation.org
            media@bumblebeeconservation.org                                                                                                                        3
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