Bee hotels – have you seen any around Camden? Sergio from our group spotted this one at Kentish Town City Farm last week. Get creative and make a bee hotel You can make your own bee hotel – they’re a great way to attract solitary bees. Just follow the instructions on How to make a…
On Sunday 8 July we joined a bee walk in Hackney organised by Hackney & Tower Hamlets Friends of the Earth. It was an enlightening walk taking in lots of different areas – a cemetery, residential areas, busy roads, parks, and the canal towpath. We looked at how these different areas are managed, what’s good…
Join us for a free screening of ‘Vanishing of the Bees‘ at Camley St Natural Park (behind Kings Cross) on Tuesday 10 July and learn more about the disappearance of honeybees, what this means, and what we can do about it. When? Tuesday 10 July, 6.30pm Where? Camley St Natural Park, Camley Street, Kings Cross,…
You may have seen an innovative lawn-mowing technique at St Martin’s Church, Gospel Oak, last month, thanks to Sergio from our group: It got a special mention in the church newsletter from Revd. Chris Brice: “Sergio cut our grass & hedgerows with a bird & insect friendly eye: hence the attractive islands of wild flowers…
Did you spot any of the dancing bees at the London Green Fair this weekend? The bees were out to promote our Bee Cause campaign. We had a great response with almost 600 petitions signed asking the government for a National Bee Action Plan. Everyone who signed got some info on practical actions to help…
We had a great start to our Bee Cause campaign with a stall at Parliament Hill Farmers’ Market on Saturday 12 May. It was a lovely sunny day and we had a fantastic response from shoppers and stallholders interested in how to help save bees. We gave away bee badges, ‘20 things you need to…
Our new campaign The Bee Cause launched last week, with a pop-up bee-friendly wildflower meadow outside the National Theatre on the South Bank. Action on bees is now more urgent than ever – you may have read recent news of the impact of harmful pesticides on bees. Together with other Friends of the Earth groups…