“Bees are in trouble and we need to bring them back”
PROJECT BEE ROADS
We’ve lost 97% of our ancient wild flower meadows through agriculture and urbanisation and that’s led to bee populations diminishing at an alarming rate. B-roads act as incredibly important corridors for bees that link up existing wildflower meadows and good remaining habitat. So we’re supporting the Bumbleebee Conservation Trust to planted eight miles of blooming B(ee) roads in Romney Marsh in Kent.
WHY
One in three mouthfuls of our food relies on the bee pollination. Bees are incredibly important pollinators and are responsible for pollinating over 80% of our wild flowers and highest value agricultural crops. These amazing creatures apart from being wonderful in their own right are also vital for the survival of our food chains and therefore for humanity.
The bad news is that seven of our UK's 24 bee species are classed as rare and threatened and two species have become extinct during the last 80 years. 😥
So we need to bring them back!
“We need to create flower rich areas throughout the year for them to be able to forage and nest within”
How we can help
We’ll be buying wildflower saplings to be planted along B Roads in Kent. They'll blossom into 8 miles of wildflower corridor havens for bees. Amazing! The planting will focus on increasing early (April-mid May) and late (mid August-September) flowers such as native primroses, cowslips, white dead nettle and black horehound for rare bumblebees. They’ve also been chosen for their hardiness and resistance to drought. They’ll also create floristic diversity, abundance and seasonal length of forage.
our contribution
Our community has contributed £1000 to buy the saplings to plant 8 miles of B roads. AWESOME!
PROJECT STATUS
Planted in October 2022 by passionate volunteers. Now we await the spring for the first blossom…
