bees

Planners can help solitary bees to survive in our urban ecosystems

27.08.2019

Rob Evans

bees | Environmental | solitary bees | UK | urban wildlife

Lesser known and smaller than their charismatic cousins, the solitary bees need our help, says ecologist Rob Evans - and, as planners, you can provide it
To beekeep or not to beekeep: That’s the question for UK towns and cities

23.07.2019

Phil Stevenson

beekeeping | bees | biodiversity | Department for the Environment Food & Rural Affairs | Environmental | Health | honeybees | UK

It's become somewhat fashionable to support urban biodiversity by keeping honeybees on rooftops, terraces and city gardens. But urban beekeeping may be doing more harm than good, argues Phil Stevenson...
Rare plants on verge of extinction win refuge

24.04.2017

bees | Campaigning & Advocacy | Climate Change | conservation charity | conservation management | Environmental | extinction | fen ragwort | Plantlife | Public Realm | rare plants | Roadside verges | UK | wood calamint

Roadside verges are now the last refuge of the UK’s rarest wild flowers and plants, according to conservationists.