Five ways you can help protect the bees

Five ways you can help protect the bees

We’ve all heard the rhetoric of ‘Save the bees’ time and time again over the years and that statement is as important now as it’s ever been. They may not be everyone’s favourite critter, but they play an undeniably important role to our ecosystems. Unfortunately, many of our vital bee colonies have been dying out; the decline starting as far…
Bee more friendly to pollinators!

Bee more friendly to pollinators!

In our latest KG Subs Club news, specially for subscribers, we look at bees, beaches, some smashing pumpkins, and lots more… Gove’s £60,000 boost for bees Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced a £60,000 fund for pollinators. This will be used to develop and test pollinator habitat mapping, to identify where new habitats will provide the greatest benefit for bees…
To bee or not to bee...

To bee or not to bee…

This isn’t ‘much ado about nothing’… the bee population is vital for the future of the planet, say nature campaigners There really is no question about it, bees are one of the most vital components of the eco-system and in the past five years there has been a shocking decline in their population of over one-third. There are many reasons…

beeWatch helping to reverse the decline in the honeybee population

CAMPAIGNING group BeeWatch has created a smartphone app with the aim of helping to reverse the decline in the UK’s honeybee population. By using the smartphone app the data generated by beeWatch will identify real time trends in bee colonies and losses, swarms, pesticide use and honey production. It will also identify seasonal and geographical hot spots where research can…