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Honey bee conservation

November 26, 2014 By David Woodfall Leave a Comment

Scientists have expressed considerable concern about the continued decline in honey bee conservation .

This story shows the different ways in which people are working with honey bees to benefit their lives .

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Friends of Tower Hamlets cemetry Community Conservation carrying out consevation work to clear ivy from neglected graveyard in inner city London to improve habitat for both honey, and bumble bees prior to planting crocuses for bees to have food in the spring . Bow London UK

HONEY BEING poured into plastic tub in order to remove lumps from it prior to it being put into jars Usk Gwent Wales UK

Newly produced jar of honey held up in garden , also showing Himaalayan Balsam ,and Honey Bee Hives Usk Gwent UK

professional Beekeeper-Nick Hunt removing wax from combs prior toextracting honey by machine Usk Gwent UK

Honey Bee Hive with gravestone in new inner city project to improve habitat for all species of bees plus have a community project to have a sustainable crop of honey from honey Bees . Run by Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery .Bow London E3. UK

Bee keeper with frames distorted by excessive heat , threat to honey bees .Threat of climate change to bees Usk Gwent Wales UK

Sixtieth birthday present from grandchildren to farmer of intensive farmed agricultural land . Pleshey Essex UK

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera ) covered in pollen feeding on Himalayan Balasam ( Impatiens glandulifera )flower N Wales UK

pROFessional beekeeper looking at honey bees(Apis meliffera ) in allotments adjacent to Runner Beans-important for pollination Cwmbran Gwent Wales UK

Henllan Village Bee Friendly project (first such project in UK): community group planting Cowslips(Primula Veris) to attract wild and honey bees, organised by North Wales Wildlife Trust and Cadwyn Clwyd , Community nature conservation .

hOney Bee ( Apis mellifera ) Pollinating cabbage flowers through net to prevent cabbage white b/flies in allotments .Importance of bees for pollinating food species Eastbourne E Sussex

Male or drone Honey Bee (Apis mellifera ) on sunflower in garden Bristol Avon UK

Selection of flowers grown from seed to encourage bees and therefore nature conservation outside Wales Environment Centre ( where you can obtain seeds free TO BENEFIT BEE CONSERVATION ELSEWHERE IN wALES ) , Bangor University ,Bangor Gwynedd N Wales UK

lINE OF FLOWERS SOWN ALONGSIDE RUNNER BEANS IN kitchen garden to benefit pllination of fruit and vegetables -companion planting by gardener and Gwent bee keepers . Llantarnam Abbey Cwmbran Gwent Wales UK

honey Bee (Apis mellifera )on Himalayan Balsam N Wales UK

Dead Honey Bee ( Apis mellifera) on Wid Carrot ( Daucus carotta) , cause of death unknown .

Honey Bees ( Apis mellifera ) on Perry Mash( squashed Pears as part of the process of making Perry, or pear cider .Attracted b ythe sugar content from nearby hive in pear orchard .Symbiosis between people and nature , and illustrating the importance of orchards as part of the landscape for wildlife .Awre Severn estuary Gloucestershire UK

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