Say hello to the latest skep (traditional beehive) to join The Bee Friendly Skep Exhibition. Crocheted by the talented Louise of The Belfield Group in Derbyshire, her clever design will keep the skep (and its bees) warm on chilly days. Her skep joins the display at Worcestershire Parkway Railway Station, Worcesteshire. The Bee Friendly Skep …
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When we installed our ‘Time is Running Out’ sculpture at Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, we never thought that one day it would be welcoming the Rail 200 Inspiration Train! Yet it seems quite fitting. When student Madeleine Higgs designed her hourglass sculpture, her message was clear – time is running out to save the bees. As …
In collaboration with Brentford Football Club, nicknamed ‘The Bees’, South West Railway, Network Rail and Southeast Communities Rail Partnership, we have installed bee-friendly planters at Kew Bridge Station. The planters are part of a bigger project to transform the station which serves the club’s new stadium. There are plans for artworks and further planting. Volunteers …
It’s that time of the year when we start getting excited. Not because snowdrops and daffodils are starting to make an appearance – although this is good news for early emerging bees and pollinators. But because we start looking ahead to the Bee Friendly Trust’s annual Bee Friendly Awards. Now in their sixth year, the …
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Adding to our Homes for Nature network, we installed a combination of bird boxes for robins and tits, bug hotels for all sorts of insect life, and creature cages. In winter these will offer a place for hibernation of invertebrates, in spring safe spaces and refuges for ground feeding birds, and in summer nesting places …
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Adding to our Homes for Nature network, we installed a combination of bird boxes for robins and tits, bug hotels for all sorts of insect life, and creature cages. In winter these will offer a place for hibernation of invertebrates, in spring safe spaces and refuges for ground feeding birds, and in summer nesting places …
Adding to our Homes for Nature network, we installed a combination of bird boxes for robins and tits, bug hotels for all sorts of insect life, and creature cages. In winter these will offer a place for hibernation of invertebrates, in spring safe spaces and refuges for ground feeding birds, and in summer nesting places …
Adding to our Homes for Nature network, we installed a combination of bird boxes for robins and tits, bug hotels for all sorts of insect life, and creature cages. In winter these will offer a place for hibernation of invertebrates, in spring safe spaces and refuges for ground feeding birds, and in summer nesting places …
Adding to our Homes for Nature network, we installed a combination of bird boxes for robins and tits, bug hotels for all sorts of insect life, and creature cages. In winter these will offer a place for hibernation of invertebrates, in spring safe spaces and refuges for ground feeding birds, and in summer nesting places …
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Adding to our Homes for Nature network, we installed a combination of bird boxes for robins and tits, bug hotels for all sorts of insect life, and creature cages. In winter these will offer a place for hibernation of invertebrates, in spring safe spaces and refuges for ground feeding birds, and in summer nesting places …
