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A cornucopia of colour is a sight to bee-hold on busy roadside verges in Yorkshire, creating the perfect habitat for bees and other pollinators.
Inventive youngsters at Cosby Primary School have learnt all about bees and biodiversity after winning a prestigious national competition.
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has placed a temporary export bar on an Anglo-Saxon brooch from the late 8th – early 9th century.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Britain’s backyard beekeepers are to be helped to avoid the problem of winter bee deaths by 400 Government-backed volunteer teachers.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
All current evidence shows that if neonicotinoid products are used correctly there is not an unacceptable risk to bee health.
Culture Minister steps in to prevent a rare Josiah Wedgwood vase from export
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Bees' Needs Week is back for the third year running from 9 - 15 July
Traditional bar soaps are enjoying a resurgence after the UK exported £378.4 million worth of soap last year.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Article by Sir Mark Walport on the proposed ban on neonicotinoid pesticides and the 'precautionary principle'.
Scientists may be able to halt global honey bee losses by forcing the deadly Varroa mite, lethal in the freezing weather, to self destruct.
Welsh charity Bees for Development get's UK aid backing to grow small businesses in Ethiopia
We have a robust system for assessing risks from pesticides, which shows neonicotinoids are not an unacceptable risk when used correctly.
Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss has collected 60 jars of honey produced by Defra’s bees.
BHC Banjul with Beecause Gambia aimed at developing apiculture and bee conservation
We will not hesitate to act if presented with any new evidence.
Five simple actions you can take to help make our environment more friendly for bees, butterflies, moths and other insect pollinators.
Government announces consultation to ban microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products.
The myth: In an article on the Guardian website “The silence of the bees” they claim that Defra is ignoring research into the effect of neonicotinoids…
Native grasses and wild flowers will be planted along the verges to form part of a wildlife corridor along roads in Devon and Cornwall.
The European Commission has published an amendment to the Cosmetic Products Regulations
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