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City Bees
Bee numbers have been reducing each year and are threatened by Varroa mites, herbicides, pesticides and Sudden Colony Collapse Disorder.
You can help bees through the adopt a hive program.
The Adopt a Hive program is designed to support our swarm collection and re-homing project as well as the schools 'live hive' visiting education service.
We can provide opportunities for families, schools and organisations to help bees by supporting our work.
Each hive adoption offers levels of involvement and experience. All have 3 news letters p/a and honey, even a supervised hive inspection visit if you wish.
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Welcome to City Bees, a not for profit initiative set up to help look after all types of bee.
Spring and summer we rescue honey bees around Plymouth. Swarms we collect are given a new home. Over 80% of swarms left in the wild don't survive the first winter.
The BBKA estimate that bees will die out by 2018 if they continue to decline at current rates.
Bees are vital for pollinating flowers and food crops. If bees die out people will have to pollinate flowers by hand
City Bees developed from a desire to live more sustainably for more information visit our other website click here
Spring 2011 News; City Bees have received a grant from The Co-op Community Directplus Customer Donation scheme; this will help us tremendously with this years swarm rescue, City Bees would like to say a huge thank you to the CO-OP and their customers.
Tuckers Seeds of Newton Abbot have kindly donated wild flower seeds again this year which will be included in every Adoption Collection. Plant these in your garden to encourage pollinating insects and wild birds.
The Tuckers wild flower collection include 37 different wild flowers !
The Suttons wild flowers include field poppy, cornflower, cowslip, ox-eye daisy and primrose.
PDF list of plants that bees like
Insecticides, Bees and the British Beekeeping Association. PDF
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