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Concern over pesticides and bee death
Gardeners are set to come under more pressure to ditch a group of pesticides known as neonicotinoids, due to worries over bee colony death. An investigation at Reading University, backed by Friends of...
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Honey bee crisis is getting worse
Honey bee colonies have suffered a rise in decline, and gardeners’ efforts to save our pollinators could be making matters worse. Bee hives should ideally be situated at ground level A probe by the...
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Gardeners pledge to help honey bees survive
Gardeners are pledging to plant bee-friendly flowers in 2013, environment campaigners have claimed. (Picture credit: Wikimedia) Friends of the Earth (FoE) found that 62 per cent of adults who had a...
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Soil Association calls for chemical ban
The Soil Association has clashed with a chemical firm after calling on the government to ban sprays it claims are killing off honey and bumble bees. Bee populations are in decline (credit: Wikimedia)...
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Now Wilkinson stops selling neonicotinoids
Environment campaigners say retailers have rallied behind their campaign to strip store shelves of sprays linked to bee decline. Many retailers have been reviewing their pesticide offer Up to 2,000...
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Monty Don’s anger at no ban on neonicotinoids
Gardeners’ Worldpresenter Monty Don has slammed an EU decision not to ban garden sprays that campaigners have linked with bee decline. Monty Don slammed the government for failing to ban neonicotinoids...
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Neonicotinoids: AG staff debate bees and sprays
Environment groups claim certain insecticides, known as neonicotinoids, are leading to the decline of bees, which pollinate many vital food crops. The chemicals remain legal and approved for garden...
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Neonic sprays don’t harm bees, says BBKA
Gardeners who have been ditching chemicals in a bid to save stricken honey bees may have been wasting their time. Bee numbers are in serious decline (credit: Friends of the Earth) In a shock move, the...
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Suttons launches Wildlife Sanctuary seed range
Suttons is set to launch a new seed range, designed to help Britain’s declining band of pollinators to survive. New for 2014, Suttons’ Wildlife Sanctuary range will encompass flowers, vegetables and...
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