Category archives: News

From creating bee drinking stations to protecting pollinator-friendly plants, keep your garden buzzing with tips from the BFT gardening team. 1. Put out a bee drinking station As well for staying hydrated, bees use water to help cool down their hive in hot weather. A shallow saucer filled with water and large pebbles (these act […]

Ever wondered what goes on inside a hive? Well users of Pangbourne Station, Berkshire now have the opportunity to find out. The latest mural to join the Bee Friendly Trust’s growing portfolio of engaging and educational station artworks was unveiled in May 2022 and spans the length of the station’s pedestrian tunnel. ‘The Bee Experience’ […]

Community joy as six English towns awarded  ‘Bee Friendly Town’ status. Alresford, Essex; Arundel, West Sussex; , Kenilworth, Warwickshire; Leek, Staffordshire; Tring, Hertfordshire; and Wimborne, Dorset have all become the first towns to receive the Bee Friendly Trust’s stamp of approval for their efforts to support bees in urban areas. The Bee Friendly Trust launched its […]

Now’s the time to get your garden ready to welcome bees. Here are the Bee Friendly Trust’s top five flowers for attracting bees (and butterflies, hover flies and moths) to your plot – that aren’t lavender. Best for gardening novices: Borage Borage produces prolific blue flowers, which, after being visited by a bee, replenish their […]

Time is Running Out. That’s the important message portrayed by our latest art installation at London Bridge Railway Station. Back in 2020, the Bee Friendly Trust launched a competition to create a unique sculpture that would draw public attention to the worrying fact that populations of honey bee and many other vital pollinators are dwindling. […]

Today (Thursday 20th) is World Bee Day! Which means 24 hours of celebrations for our buzzing friends. To mark the occasion we asked our bee-friendly partners to share the moments that made them fall in love with bees. Visit Our Partners page to find out more about the people who support the Bee Friendly Trust […]

Do you think your town or city has what it takes to be awarded bee-friendly status? We’re looking to work with towns and cities across England to make them more suitable for supporting bees and other pollinators. And that means more than simply creating more wildflower areas and wildlife spaces (although that’s a good starting […]

This month sees the launch of the Cheerios Save the Bees campaign. We’re proud to be supporting this campaign, which sees the wholegrain cereal brand sending out free packets of sunflower seeds to its consumers. Look for promotional packs on supermarket shelves from now on (you’ll see the Bee Friendly Trust logo on the box) […]

Last year, we launched a competition to design a unique and innovative bee-themed sculpture for London Bridge Station. We received a wealth of original and interactive designs, all using primarily recycled materials. Picking one winning entry was a tough job for our panel of judges, which featured representatives from London Bridge Station, Amalgam Modelmaking and […]

Here’s a sneak peak at the latest wildlife space to be created at Coram’s Fields, London. Following on from the success of our lockdown project, we are pleased to be supported by the Mayor of London and the Grow Back Greener Fund for this new initiative. The space will include an orchard – abandoned for […]