Angela Grace Dplt
Bees Matter Bees and other pollinating insects are essential to life as we know it, pollinating the food we need to survive and the crops that feed our livestock. However, a 33-year study undertaken by Nature Communications across the UK outlines evidence that bees and other pollinators are declining and 35 of the UK's bee species are currently under threat of extinction. If action is not taken, pollinator declines will have serious implications for biodiversity, food production, garden birds and wildlife.
already on a bee line, but we need to strengthen this pathway by planting more bee-friendly plants at regular intervals around the area. To tackle this challenge, Climate Action Wendover is excited to launch our new community project, ‘Bee Squared’ locally, alongside other groups in Hazlemere and across Buckinghamshire.
We invite you to join us in brightening up Wendover to help our bees and other pollinators which have massively declined over the past 50 years to stop this decline The main problem affecting most pollinators and help our wonderful natural friends. is the loss of suitable habitat for foraging During April 2022, we will be distributing and nesting as well as land use change. For around 4000 packets of wildflower seeds example, 97% of flower-rich grassland has to households in Wendover and the been eradicated in the UK since the 1930s. surrounding areas to encourage people to make a ‘Bee Square’. All you need to do is Our Response – Bee Squared plant your free wildflower seeds in your front Bees don’t need much to thrive - they just garden either in the ground (area of 1m2) or need the food and shelter that used to be in a few large pots. This is a fun activity to do found in our community green spaces, with the family and lots of support will be meadows and hedgerows. Wendover is available online.
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