I’m so pleased that you’ve posted a new video. I discovered your channel two months ago. Since then, I’ve had a whole new outlook. I’ve planted numerous bee friendly plants, 6 apple trees and 1 plum tree. They are all in large pots, my garden was all concrete previously. I wish you all the very best in the future, and I’m truly grateful for all the work you’re doing to promote the need to protect insects.
I've just converted part of my garden into a wildflower meadow, got the wildflowers planted, will shortly be sowing a selection of meadow grasses, can't wait to see what selection of insects, pollinators & butterflies appear once it all gets going. Haven't got a large garden but have a small log pile, a twig pile & planted some native guelder rose compactum along with other dense shrubs which will hopefully give the visiting hedgehogs somewhere to nest naturally, if they'd rather not use the hedgehog houses out in the garden, hoping for an increase in insects so the birds & hedgehogs have more of their natural diet like caterpillars & beetles. Here's a list of some of the wildflowers I've planted, birdsfoot trefoil, oxeye daisy, primrose, cowslip, Yarrow, lesser knapweed, red campion. I've two insect hotels & the first one I put up had quite a few residents as lots of thir holes have been plugged up.
Well done Dave! The information you have provided is astounding, especially the decline statistics of insects. It saddens me to hear this. ALL LIFE IS VALUABLE. Keep up the good work.
Great talk as always David. I'm living in a 2nd floor flat at the moment but after watching your video will start looking for place with a garden tomorrow. Keep up the good work. We need more people like you.
I am concerned about the loss of habitat for insects. We have building projects on any small green place where we live. The real worry is that we have an allotment which has a great range of biodiversity. However the developers have their eyes on the allotments and would love to concrete it over for housing.
Excelent educational talk, you really spread a sense of enthusiasm, curiosity and care. We have the challenge of shifting the vision towards many plants from weeds to ecological ressources. Greetings from Barcelona
i used to kill insects for fun like "haha you are worthless" but now i am just like: "oh hey fruit fly, you want to sit on my finger? ok cool ill even give you a little name but sory if i squish you". Sounds kinda corny but i am really gentle with nature now
Thank you very much for this talk! Very interesting! I have a couple of bee houses which mason bees use. Very often I will see that a tunnel will be completely full and the bee will leave a perfect mud wall at the entrance. A couple of days later the mud wall has gone and I suppose the content will,be partially emptied. I guess some predator is doing this. Could you give me a clue as to what the predator could be and what I can do to prevent the attack? Or should I just leave it and let nature take its course? Thank you!
Excellent talk. I work in a library in South Yorkshire Dave and would love to show this. I don’t know how to go about it. 🤔 We have some of your books in stock as well! I will have to order the rest :)
That ingredient in roundup is also the reason some wildlife suffer chemical burns or even being killed by that weed killer, I recently saw a hedgehog rescue post on Facebook of a hedgehog coming in with chemical burns on their feet after walking over an area that had been sprayed with weed killer,
Hi Dave. I've got a log store for my wood burner, and when I was replenishing my smaller wood store with wood from the large one, I disturbed a peacock butterfly that I think was hibernating. It woke up for a few minutes and then closed it's wings again, I didn't want to leave it there since it would either die or be disturbed by me at a later point. I put it in a cardboard box with some bark trimmings and it's now in my locked shed. My question is, what time should I release it in the spring to give it the best chance of survival? Thanks.
Ive noticed bumble bees, and other insects investigating areas of aphid infestation on fruit tree leaves. Are they interested in the exudents that ants farm the aphids for?
I'm creating a wildlife garden to some degree, but I'm really getting pissed about one certain insect, the aphid.............. There's millions of them on a native elderberry in one of my borders, I'm leaving them in place hoping for nature to resolve itself, but on some other plants I spray them off immediately. I've downloaded this and I'm going to listen while gardening.
Syrphidae flies control aphids, you can attract them with flowers like dandelions and daisies. Parasitica wasps may arrive at some point, keep an eye on aphid's population and wait a couple of weeks to see what happens!
I enjoy listening to you but I'm not able to agree with your position on evolution. There is more than ample evidence of a loving God that created us and wants us to be restored to the image of His likeness that we might dwell with Him for eternity. You just have to be willing to see it and look past the deception that His enemy has surrounded us with. There is a loving creator of all this diverse beauty that we get to appreciate. I pray that He would bless you with eyes that can see His autograph on all of creation and a heart that would allow Him to show you His true, loving character.
I’m so pleased that you’ve posted a new video. I discovered your channel two months ago. Since then, I’ve had a whole new outlook. I’ve planted numerous bee friendly plants, 6 apple trees and 1 plum tree. They are all in large pots, my garden was all concrete previously.
I wish you all the very best in the future, and I’m truly grateful for all the work you’re doing to promote the need to protect insects.
I've just converted part of my garden into a wildflower meadow, got the wildflowers planted, will shortly be sowing a selection of meadow grasses, can't wait to see what selection of insects, pollinators & butterflies appear once it all gets going.
Haven't got a large garden but have a small log pile, a twig pile & planted some native guelder rose compactum along with other dense shrubs which will hopefully give the visiting hedgehogs somewhere to nest naturally, if they'd rather not use the hedgehog houses out in the garden, hoping for an increase in insects so the birds & hedgehogs have more of their natural diet like caterpillars & beetles.
Here's a list of some of the wildflowers I've planted, birdsfoot trefoil, oxeye daisy, primrose, cowslip, Yarrow, lesser knapweed, red campion.
I've two insect hotels & the first one I put up had quite a few residents as lots of thir holes have been plugged up.
Thank you from Poland. I love your books. We gradually remodelled our garden and have now quite a big number of wild bees and other insects.
How utterly brilliant!
Well done Dave! The information you have provided is astounding, especially the decline statistics of insects. It saddens me to hear this. ALL LIFE IS VALUABLE. Keep up the good work.
A brilliant watch, thank you, Dave.
Fascinating. Everyone needs to watch this & then make an effort to do what he says
Great talk as always David. I'm living in a 2nd floor flat at the moment but after watching your video will start looking for place with a garden tomorrow. Keep up the good work. We need more people like you.
Excellent talk, sir. 💚🌿
I am concerned about the loss of habitat for insects. We have building projects on any small green place where we live. The real worry is that we have an allotment which has a great range of biodiversity. However the developers have their eyes on the allotments and would love to concrete it over for housing.
Excelent educational talk, you really spread a sense of enthusiasm, curiosity and care. We have the challenge of shifting the vision towards many plants from weeds to ecological ressources. Greetings from Barcelona
i used to kill insects for fun like "haha you are worthless" but now i am just like: "oh hey fruit fly, you want to sit on my finger? ok cool ill even give you a little name but sory if i squish you". Sounds kinda corny but i am really gentle with nature now
me too
Thank you very much for this talk! Very interesting! I have a couple of bee houses which mason bees use. Very often I will see that a tunnel will be completely full and the bee will leave a perfect mud wall at the entrance. A couple of days later the mud wall has gone and I suppose the content will,be partially emptied. I guess some predator is doing this. Could you give me a clue as to what the predator could be and what I can do to prevent the attack? Or should I just leave it and let nature take its course? Thank you!
Excellent talk. I work in a library in South Yorkshire Dave and would love to show this. I don’t know how to go about it. 🤔 We have some of your books in stock as well! I will have to order the rest :)
That ingredient in roundup is also the reason some wildlife suffer chemical burns or even being killed by that weed killer, I recently saw a hedgehog rescue post on Facebook of a hedgehog coming in with chemical burns on their feet after walking over an area that had been sprayed with weed killer,
Hi Dave. I've got a log store for my wood burner, and when I was replenishing my smaller wood store with wood from the large one, I disturbed a peacock butterfly that I think was hibernating. It woke up for a few minutes and then closed it's wings again, I didn't want to leave it there since it would either die or be disturbed by me at a later point. I put it in a cardboard box with some bark trimmings and it's now in my locked shed. My question is, what time should I release it in the spring to give it the best chance of survival? Thanks.
Amsterdam is also pesticide free !
Get well soon good buddy 👍
Ive noticed bumble bees, and other insects investigating areas of aphid infestation on fruit tree leaves.
Are they interested in the exudents that ants farm the aphids for?
yes, they're attracted to sweet liquids
I'm creating a wildlife garden to some degree, but I'm really getting pissed about one certain insect, the aphid.............. There's millions of them on a native elderberry in one of my borders, I'm leaving them in place hoping for nature to resolve itself, but on some other plants I spray them off immediately. I've downloaded this and I'm going to listen while gardening.
wait for the lady bugs to arrive..I had this issue too but it resolved itself when the ladybugs discovered them too. My chicken help as well :)
Syrphidae flies control aphids, you can attract them with flowers like dandelions and daisies. Parasitica wasps may arrive at some point, keep an eye on aphid's population and wait a couple of weeks to see what happens!
I enjoy listening to you but I'm not able to agree with your position on evolution. There is more than ample evidence of a loving God that created us and wants us to be restored to the image of His likeness that we might dwell with Him for eternity. You just have to be willing to see it and look past the deception that His enemy has surrounded us with. There is a loving creator of all this diverse beauty that we get to appreciate. I pray that He would bless you with eyes that can see His autograph on all of creation and a heart that would allow Him to show you His true, loving character.