the 'forgotten' cousins.

[Neils]

Mulberry bushes?

No idea about moving ant's nests though I'm afraid.

[greengumbo]

Not insects but Africa last night featured the monumentaly ugly naked mole rats who have a very strange social structure not entirely unlike ants or bees. Fascinating.

[Neils]

I was given a "Guide to bees of Britain" as a birthday present and it is excellent. Fold out A5(ish) laminated ID chart of various bees on one side and related facts on the other with more of a focus on "not honeybees".

If I have one complaint it's that it shows bees in "museum" pattern rather than how you tend to see them roaming around the place, but otherwise I thoroughly recommend it.

[Easy beesy]

I agree. Bumbles, cuckoo bumbles, solitaries, and even wasps are fascinating. Great guy at Liverpool museum who has an encyclopaedic memory for these guys, Carl Clee, highly recommended as a speaker.

Also handy for those if us planning module 8

Eb