Our native British bees are dying out at an alarming rate – and with them go a third of our fauna flora and diet!

It is estimated that we have, at best, a decade to save them and avert catastrophe.

So what can we do to help? (Click on these links for more detailed information)

1 Stop using insecticides

2 Plant Bee-friendly plants

3 Create natural habitat gardens

4 Find out more about bees

5 Support your local beekeepers

6 Make you own ‘Wild bee’ house

7 Become a beekeeper

8 Lobby your local MP or MEP

9 Sign petitions banning pesticides

10 Encourage your local authority to do more to help bees

Bridgend & District Beekeepers Association do agreat job and are the best starting point for anyone keep to offer practical assistance, or even those considering starting their own colony.

http://www.bridgendbeekeepers.co.uk/

Another excellent place to find out more, and/or contribute to good work in this field, is here: http://www.helpsavebees.co.uk/about-us.html

As ever, it is incumbent on all of us to try and do whatever we can.