THIS ISSUE
You’ll notice that this issue has a native bee theme and you may think it’s a bit insensitive to be featuring this pretty bird opposite. But the thing is it’s a native, too, our only bee-eater, in fact. And how gorgeous is it with all those colours in its plumage? You’ll meet some of our most common native bees in Claire Bickle’s showcase and learn how to make your garden welcoming to them in the pages following. Plus, in The Shed we have A.B. Bishop’s how-to for building a blue banded bee apartment block for your backyard, extracted from her excellent new book, Habitat. Speaking of plumage, if you have chickens they’re probably dropping feathers all over the place around about now. Megg Miller has some great advice on supporting them nutritionally…