Little ones can take part in little feet and hands drawing competition. Children are asked to create a bug using the shape of your painted hands or feet and colouring it in. Winners will receive goody bags with items to plant wildflower seeds, honey courtesy of Morrisons, and items from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust team. Entries, including the name and address of a parent or guardian and details of the entrant s name and age, can be sent to Middlewich Town Council, Victoria Building, Middlewich CW10 5AS by June 6.
Cotswold builder of homes for animals predicts US exports will pass £4 million
A Cotswold-based builder of homes for some of our smallest and most treasured animals has seen US sales surge through lockdown by 87 per cent – and predicts this is just the beginning.
Wildlife World’s building skills look set to lead to US exports growing to £4 million in the next five years.
Vanessa McDonald, sales manager for Wildlife World, builder and exporter of homes for animals.
Cotswold builder of homes for animals predicts US exports will pass £4 million
A Cotswold-based builder of homes for some of our smallest and most treasured animals has seen US sales surge through lockdown by 87 per cent – and predicts this is just the beginning.
AS WE MOVE into May, spring is getting into full swing and the days are getting warmer. This will provide us with more opportunities to see flying insects such as butterflies and bees. Currently, there’s a lot of concern about the status of the UK’s bumblebees. Of the 24 (or so) species found here, most, if not all, are in decline and a further two species were declared extinct during the 20th century. Much of this decline is thought to be connected, almost inevitably, to habitat loss. Bees are particularly vulnerable since they have a limited dietary range and are entirely reliant on the nectar provided by flowers. The majority of species are also highly social, which means they need a lot of flowers to support their colonies.
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By Steven McKenzie
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image captionA great yellow bumblebee
The great yellow is one of the UK s rarest bumblebees and only survives in a handful of places in Scotland. Katy Malone is among those protecting the last populations of the bee.
Over the next few weeks great yellow queens will begin emerging from their months-long hibernation.
Looking out for them will be the Bumblebee Conservation Trust s Katy.
She has worked for different conservation organisations for almost 20 years, but says helping to save the great yellow is the best job she has ever had . We expect to see the great yellow emerging from hibernation by about mid-May, says the Highlands-based conservation officer of the charismatic furry yellow and black bee.