

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Life of a Solitary Bee with Nick Owens
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This will be a 'live' zoom talk and will introduce us to British wild bees, with photos and video clips of bee behaviour, nesting, courtship, life cycles, flowers and pollination, parasites and the differences between bees and wasps. It will also cover how best to attract bees to your garden.

Nick Owens studied zoology at Cambridge and did a PhD on the behaviour of baboons in Tanzania (Jane Goodall’s group), He worked on Brent Geese in Essex and was then a biology teacher at Oundle School Northants for 30 years. Once retired, he got interested in bees, wrote The Bees of Norfolk, and then more books on bees including, with Ted Benton, ‘Solitary Bees’ https://www.royensoc.co.uk/publications/book-reviews/solitary-bees-the-new-naturalist-library-volume-146/  Nick lives in Norfolk where he has a long association with, and is a former Chairman and President of, the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society. 

£3 entry, free for under 25s. No need to book, just come along. Refreshments £1
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Buxton
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Buxton Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Street, Buxton SK17 6HX (2nd door down the hill)
- **lat**: 53.25526
- **long**: -1.91572
- **full address**: Buxton Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Street, Buxton SK17 6HX (2nd door down the hill), Buxton Methodist Church, Chapel Street, Buxton, SK17 6HX, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 24 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Buxton Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Street, Buxton SK17 6HX (2nd door down the hill), Buxton Methodist Church, Chapel Street, Buxton, SK17 6HX, United Kingdom
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Life of a Solitary Bee with Nick Owens ?
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