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Enhancing biosecurity, skills and science is central to delivering the aims of Healthy Bees Plan 2030
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Critically acclaimed UK Pavilion from Milan Expo 2015 finds new home on British soil from June 2016.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Bees' Needs Week is back for the third year running from 9 - 15 July
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Scientists may be able to halt global honey bee losses by forcing the deadly Varroa mite, lethal in the freezing weather, to self destruct.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Six English regions outside London to benefit from £17.5 million to help scale up creative businesses and increase job opportunities
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Lord Gardiner honours pollinator-friendly projects and urges the public to take action to meet bees' needs this winter.
Britain’s backyard beekeepers are to be helped to avoid the problem of winter bee deaths by 400 Government-backed volunteer teachers.
Lord Gardiner presented 17 pollinator 'champions' with certificates at the annual Bees' Needs Champions awards at Kew Gardens.
Welsh charity Bees for Development get's UK aid backing to grow small businesses in Ethiopia
UK businesses and universities to benefit from £16 million of funding to solve some of the world’s greatest agricultural challenges.
The government has recognised the importance of bees to the national economy by lending support to backgarden beekeepers
Five simple actions you can take to help make our environment more friendly for bees, butterflies, moths and other insect pollinators.
Lord Gardiner visited Carnaby Street in London, a haven for bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects, during Bees' Needs Week 2017,
Lord de Mauley speaking about bee health at the Friends of the Earth conference on 28 June 2013.
UK Culture Secretary visits Britain’s ‘Hive’ pavilion which is forecast to generate £1bn in trade and tourism
British companies get innovation funding to demonstrate new ways of turning plant-based material into renewable heat and electricity
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced a £60,000 fund to develop and test pollinator habitat mapping.
New plans to help beekeepers protect their hives from pests and diseases to reduce bee population losses have been unveiled.
Plan Bee is the latest 2014 legacy project.
Rare and unique fog oases ecosystems in the Sechura and Atacama deserts of Peru and Chile are under threat.
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