{"id":108150,"date":"2019-06-15T17:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/create-a-buzz-how-to-help-save-wild-bees-even-if-you-dont-have-a-garden\/"},"modified":"2019-06-15T17:04:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T10:04:43","slug":"create-a-buzz-how-to-help-save-wild-bees-even-if-you-dont-have-a-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/create-a-buzz-how-to-help-save-wild-bees-even-if-you-dont-have-a-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a buzz: how to help save wild bees \u2013 even if you don\u2019t have a garden"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBalconies, doorsteps and window boxes can all be turned into wildlife havens. Kate Bradbury picks the plants and places to attract key speciesLast year\u2019s extreme weather meant a tough year for many of the UK\u2019s bees, and conservationists are concerned that could have a knock-on effect this year and beyond. According to a report from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, they could face long-term problems from future heatwaves. But we can give them a helping hand.You don\u2019t need to keep honeybees to help bees \u2013 in fact, a 2018 study commissioned by Cambridge University suggests that this can harm wild bees. It\u2019s thought that the more bees there are in an area, the more competition there is for nectar and pollen; if every shopping centre has three or four hives on the roof, what does that mean for the wild bees? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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