UK schools are being enlisted in the fight to protect our ever-dwindling bee population.
School grounds across the country are to be transformed into bee-friendly habitats thanks to £1.3 million in funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Charity Learning through Landscapes is overseeing the “Project Polli:Nation” work, which will involve as many as 260 schools.
It is estimated that “free” pollination by Britain’s bee population is worth more than £400 million a year to our agriculture industries.
However, the UK bee population has been in decline in recent years, with researchers recording a 54 per cent fall in managed honey bees between 1985 and 2005. Various reasons have been put forward including increasing disease, more intensive farming methods leading to fewer wild flowers and plants, and the use of some insecticides.
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