Bee corridor: What is it and why is one being planted in London?

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A seven-mile "corridor" of wild flowers is being going to be planted in London in order to help boost the bee population in the capital city.

The wild flowers - which include poppies, buttercups and bluebells - will be planted in 22 areas of parks and green spaces in the north-west of the capital.

The flowers will not only benefit bees, but can also support other insects, as well as butterflies, dragonflies and moths.

Bees are essential for the environment and they help to provide a lot of the food that we eat - not just honey!

They help fruit and vegetables grow by flying around and pollinating plants.

So, what makes bees such bee-rilliant creatures?

  • Some bees might visit as many as 2,000 flowers every single day
  • Honey bees can remember landmarks so they know where their hive is
  • Bees flap their wings about 200 times every single second when they're flying
  • Honey bees fly about 500 miles in their lives - that's like flying from Edinburgh to Paris!
  • There are about 20,000 different species of bee in the world
  • A worker bumble bee can carry pollen that weighs half as much as them!