A practical hands-on search for local bumblebees foraging around the flower borders in the Botanic Garden.

Learn to catch and identify them and find out about their lives and the plants that they need..........

WORKSHOP 1            Sunday 22nd May 2016,  2pm - 4pm

WORKSHOP 2            Sunday 19th June 2016,  2pm - 4pm

WORKSHOP 3            Sunday 7th August 2016,  2pm - 4pm.

VENUE:-   The University of Leicester Botanic Garden.

Meet at the Knoll public entrance on Glebe Road, Oadby, Leicester.

Ordnance Survey Grid Ref: SK615015

Landranger Map 140

Workshops are FREE - but please email the leader to book your place

-  spaces for each workshop limited to the first 10 adults.

Leader: Maggie Frankum - Bumblebee Conservation Trust; Friends of the Botanic Garden,

Leics. Entomological Soc.; Leics & Rutland Wildlife Trust, local naturalist & wildlife gardener.........

email: <maggiefrankum@uwclub.net>

Contact:- Tel: 0116 2705833

Outdoor meeting:- Wear clothing suitable for the weather conditions [wet/sun].