Help get Britain buzzing! - Kitchen Garden Magazine

Friends of the Earth needs people to take part in The Great British Bee Count – Britain’s biggest bee survey

Taking place this year from May 19 to June 30, people are being asked to get out into gardens, allotments, parks and the countryside and identify and count the bees they see, using a free smartphone app. The results will help to build a picture of the status of the nation’s 267 bee species. Around a quarter of our native bee species are believed to be at risk from threats including habitat loss, intensive farming, pesticide use and climate change.

Friends of the Earth is also urging people to plant a diverse range of bee-friendly plants in their gardens and local communities to attract different bee species throughout the year, and has advice and resources for gardeners at https://www.foe.co.uk/page/bee-cause Last year’s Bee Count found that gardens hosted the greatest variety of species, with almost a quarter of people recording four or more different types of bee.

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Steve Ott

Steve Ott is editor of Kitchen Garden magazine and started his career as a professional grower, producing everything from cut flowers to vegetables. He has been growing fruit and veg all his life and spends most of his spare time in his garden in the East Midlands. He loves to experiment with crops and varieties he has never grown before and when he isn’t gardening is to be found out in the countryside bird watching and walking his dog Ted.