I have already registered for the campaign. If you would like to do so, here is the adress for their website. When you register, you will be sent a packet of wildflower seeds, which you will be able to grow in the garden. These will provide the bees with more food, which should in turn, help the UK bee population to start increasing again. The plant seeds will almost certainly go in my wildlife/plant patch. Even if no bees are attracted by it, the plants will look nice anyway!
During "National Science and Engineering Week" (6-15th March) a number of events will be taking place across the UK, and they should bee fantastic! Here they are:Swarm to Ness at Ness Botanic Gardens, South Wirral
Busy Bees at INTECH Science Centre and Planetarium
Bee My Friend at University of Leicester
Land Managers Event at University of Leicester
Bee Aware Weekend at National Botanic Garden of Wales
Bee Aware - Schools at National Botanic Garden of Wales
Bee Aware at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
If you are interested in any of the above, it is worth visiting the website for more info on dates, etc. Hopefully, some of you will get involved, or register on the website to help save the bees. Surprisingly I saw some sort of Bumblebee in the garden at the weekend. This mild weather must have encouraged it. Some of the wild flowers (which I haven't planted) in our garden have already come out- I just hope there won't be another cold snap!
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I've just signed up too, although I do generally plant for the insects anyway it's stll good to show support!
I've signed up too, Joe. I will really try to plant some bee stuff in the garden. Last year a load of bee's took over the blue tit box and chucked out the birds in our garden!
Love your wildlife garden blog. After reading about your Save Our Bees campaign in the UK, I wondered if there is a similar group here in the U.S., so I did a little searching. Seems the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign is teaming with Burt's Bees for public awareness of CCD and to raise research funds as well: www.pollinator.org/honeybee_health.htm
Hi Joe. Thanks for the plug on the Worm Survey. Starts tomorrow! I'm looking forward to reading about the bee survey and sending off for a pack. So many surveys... not enough hours in the day! Jane
Hi Liz, Goosey, Dawn and Jane,
Liz- Thanks for the comment. Good to hear that you already plant insect friendly plants. I have some in the garden but I think I could do better and plant more. A bumblebee box might be something I get in the future too. Well done and thanks for signing up!
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Goosey- Thanks for the comment and well done for signing up. The more the merrier. Interesting to hear about the bees exploiting the Blue Tit box. I wonder if this will happen in our camera nestbox!? I saw an early bumblebee the other day, and I suspect it won't be long before the garden is full of them!
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Dawn- Thank you for the comment- glad you are enjoying reading my blog. It is always a pleasure to talk to new visitors! Glad to know that you have done some research into the american equivelant of "Save the Bees". With people like you helping, we can definitely save the bees!
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Jane- Thats ok, I hope I can get involved in the worm survey too. Is it me or do all the wildlife surveys occur at the same time?! Good luck with the worms!
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