Bee helpful!!

As summer approaches and bees are more easier to spot here is some ways to look after them!

BEES ARE NOT DANGEROUS!
Many people think bees sting a lot! But they don't unlike wasps bees have only 1 sting and once they use it they die. So as you can guess they won't waste this one sting on you! They will only do it when their really scared or agitated So don't be scared they can be pretty nice guys/gals!!

HOW TO LOOK AFTER BEES?
Bees are really important in helping us grow our food and keeping the earth look green so how can we look after them.

• Build bee hotels theirs loads of ways to do this D.I.Y on the Internet and will provide the bees a home.
• Plant bee friendly plants! These are plants bees really like such as Rhododendrons or primroses 
• If you see a bee lying on the ground it may not be dead get a spoon of water with sugar in it and put it at the bees mouth it will fly off straight away!

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Red squirrels

As I said on my first post I'm a real big fan of our native Red Squirrel but like most animals they need our help.

WHATS THE PROBLEM?
Grey squirrels were brought to the Uk from North America and put on to large estates for the rich to have a change from the Red squirrel. But what they didn't know was that the Grey squirrel was immune to a virus known as Pox Virus or Squirrel pox which the red squirrel wasn't so when they fought over food and territory the Red squirrels came in contact with the disease which can causes them blindness, scabs and swelling which is usually fatal and is the main reason for Red squirrel decline in the Uk.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Report red squirrel sightings
Controlling grey squirrel populations by using traps.

Barn owls

Yesterday after starting my blog I went to my scout group and if by fate a women came in showing us foxes, ferrets and a hedgehog she had all rescued but what really struck me was the European Barn Owl she brought in her name was Spirit and she was just beautiful but what was really sad was, was that our native Barn Owl the Irish Barn Owl is nearly extinct with only 60 - 80 left which was really sad as they are so beautiful.
 
                                           The lady said the two main problems for barn owls were that they only nested in stone barns and as farmers upgraded there barns the Owls found it hard to build there nests meaning no chicks and the second problem is when a rat eats poison and starts to get sick the owl thinks it's an easy kill so goes and eats it but if an owl eats about 8 poisoned rats it will die.

So how can you help the Barn Owls? ....

1. If you see a Barn owls nest tell your wildlife trust
2. If you live on a farm or know a farmer tell them ways to protect the owls by going on to Ulsterwildlife.com

A little bit about me! 😃

Hello and welcome to my blog CRFwildlife (Conservation,Reviews and Fun!) my blog is mainly about wildlife and how to help wildlife at your home and garden, some reviews on wildlife based things E.G books and cool gadgets! And most importantly we will have fun!! So here is a little about me.....

My name is Aaron and I'm 12
I live in Northern Ireland.
My favourite food is Pasta.
I love red squirrels which are sadly dying out in the uk.
I enjoy reading
And going running with my dad!

I hope you will enjoy my blog I will mainly be posting on Fridays and Sunday's and we will also be having some fun competitions!!

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