Learning all about the bees

Acommunity group has been visiting schools to teach youngsters all about bees.

Members of the North Staffs Community Rail group were joined by folk from The Bumblebee Conservation Trust for a visit to St Dominic’s Priory School in Stone.

A spokesman for North Staffs Community Rail said: “We had a lovely time with pupils from St Dominic’s Priory School in Stone recently.

“The Bumblebee Conservation Trust delivered seed sowing and bug hotel making sessions with some of the pupils and they were then joined by two of Stone Stations volunteers for a planning session to find out the best plants for bees.

“Together they agreed on the plants for some new planters at the station and the school.”

They added: “The new planters should be in place by the end of the month thanks to funding from London Northwestern Railway.”