The brand new luxury hotels catering only for bee-list guests
6 June 2019
In the last century, the UK has lost 97% of its wildflower meadows; as a result, our bee population has plummeted. This is bad news for them, of course, but for us too: one third of the food we eat is pollinated by bees.
But we can help to save our remaining airborne allies and, in particular, solitary bees which don’t live in hives. As shown on Landward, The Scottish Wildlife Trust is building a Nectar Network in Ayrshire: a 27-mile-long corridor with plenty of luxury bee hotels dotted along the route. These will attract the attention of passing solitary bees which can stop off to lay their eggs, benefitting both them and – ultimately – us.
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Bee hotels provide a vitally important base for solitary bees to lay their eggs.
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