The Buzz Club

Home
United Kingdom
Sussex
The Buzz Club

Real Gardens; Real Science! Free to join projects investigating the science of wildlife gardening.

Run by volunteers at the University of Sussex, the Buzz Club is a citizen-science charity consisting of scientists and non-scientists, adults and children, all working together to find out more about our garden wildlife, and what we can best do to help them! The Buzz Club was founded in 2015, with the aim of harnessing the power of citizen science to generate important data on pollinators. Since t

hen, we have has diversified our horizons and now undertake a variety of fun, nationwide surveys and experiments suitable for children and adults alike. We also provide important information about how we can make our urban and rural landscapes more pollinator-friendly, from installing “bee-hotels” in your gardens, allotments or balconies, to advice on which plants are best for pollinators. By becoming citizen scientists, we hope to engage our members with their local environments and increase awareness about the importance of protecting our pollinators and nature as a whole. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that we look after insects, giving them and us a future. We believe that with your help, we can take important steps towards answering questions about bees and other pollinators and hopefully how we can act to halt their declines.

15/06/2026

Want to help conserve bees in your garden? Join The Big Bee Hotel Experiment today!

This project has been running since March and has 328 hotels registered to contribute to scientific research across the UK. All you have to do is put up a bee hotel, register it, and send us a photo once a month.

We are looking for Late Check-In hotels! These are hotels that are new and/or empty, that have been put up June onwards. This will help us determine the nesting preferences of later season bees, such as this leafcutter bee, photographed by Sam James.

You can find out more here: https://www.thebuzzclub.uk/thebigbeehotelexperiment

29/05/2026

Thanks to Lizz of Making Bideford the Little Green Town for helping us to set up some bee hotels as part of the 'Bee Creative' project with The Buzz Club. These are now in the wildlife corner at the Marland allotment and it will be interesting to see whether or not they are attracted to the brighter colours.

28/05/2026

Join us for a peek behind the scenes of the Chelsea Flower Show 2026!

We will be joined by special guests, garden designers @ and !

We will chat through all stages of the event from where the idea of Hedgerow in the Sky came from, to the fun of 'build week', to telling you all about the excitement of show week - a 'Blooming Success'!

You will also have the opportunity to ask the team all of your questions.

Book today: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thebuzzclub/2123723

22/05/2026

Thanks to everyone who came to visit this week!

If you spotted our projects or spoke to Issy or .goulson about our work and want to get involved, why not become a Buzz Club member or sponsor?! Find out more here or using link in bio: https://www.thebuzzclub.uk/join-donate

21/05/2026

Our three habitat creation projects are currently being displayed on at

🌱Bee Hotel - this has been designed using the dimensions and locations recommended from our research.

🌱Hoverfly Lagoon - an artificial breeding habitat created from research

🌱Bug Bunker - a scientifically backed bug hotel, designed specifically for gardens that want to add biodiversity in a compact and effective way.

📸

19/05/2026

Hedgerow in the Sky has won the Gold Medal Award at 🏅

A huge congratulations to and for their well deserved win. Hedgerow in the Sky highlights the importance of UK hedgerows and how biodiverse balconies can be.

Well done to all the team that has worked on this garden:

🌱 Carla
🌱 Ali + Team
🌱 .goulson +
🌱 Paul + Sally
🌱 Mark
🌱 Caroline
🌱 .stall and bn1_planting
🌱 Wendy
🌱 Erica
🌱 Helen

The awards aren’t over yet! Vote for us today in the People’s Choice Award: https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/awards-2026/rhs-peoples-choice-award or link in story! More reels to follow 😍

WELL DONE AGAIN TEAM 💪💪

14/05/2026

There are thousands of different ways you can design a bee hotel… but which ones actually work?

Here are a few of the bee hotels in - so far we have 219 hotels registered! Can you add your bee hotel to this research project?

It’s free, easy to do, and makes a big difference to bee conservation in your garden and nationwide!

Sign up here or using link in bio: https://www.thebuzzclub.uk/thebigbeehotelexperiment

12/05/2026

The boys are going crazy around these bee hotels!

Here we had a few species of Osmia (mason bees) including blue mason bee males, all waiting for the females to emerge. No need for the females to worry about finding their husbands, there are loads to pick from - but any excuse to use 🙌🙌

Get these scenes in your garden by putting up a bee hotel and joining . Find out more here or using link in bio: https://www.thebuzzclub.uk/thebigbeehotelexperiment

11/05/2026

Just bumbling about…

…solomons seal, which is a plant being used in the hedgerow in for this year’s 😍

Address

University Of Sussex
Sussex

Website

http://thebuzzclub.uk/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Buzz Club posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organisation

Send a message to The Buzz Club:

Shortcuts

Want your organisation to be the top-listed Non Profit Organisation in Sussex?