Early spring brings a ‘hungry gap’ for bees – here’s how you can help
This article in The Conversation (28 March 2024) reminds us to make sure that something is blooming every week, March through October, to help bees.
A capital oasis
This Scottish Pollinators (10 December 2024) post describes Starbank Park, an oasis of calm in the busy capital city of Edinburgh. The team looking after Starbank are committed to a planting scheme which selects plants, herbs and flowers which are beneficial for pollinators throughout the year. This includes a nature [...]
Pollinator Map of Scotland
The Pollinator Map of Scotland provides planners, developers and others with a quick and easy way to identify, at Scotland or local authority scale, where there is most scope for improvement or extending habitat for pollinators. This has been shared in the latest newsletter in the series of Planning for [...]
Blue Gold
Can you guess what this bee friendly herb is? Read this article in Scottish Pollinators (21 November 2024). Even better, why not grow some in your garden or window box?
Edinburgh’s green heart
This Scottish Pollinators post (6 November 2024) shares what’s going on in Edinburgh’s urban greenspace. This includes how TCV are helping the council’s ‘Wilding Wee Spaces’ programme in a drive to engage school pupils in meadow-making.
Boxing clever in Aberdeen
This post in Scottish Pollinators (23 October 2024) describes how Aberdeen City Council’s Environmental Services team has been ‘thinking out of the box’, by using boxes. Meadow-in-a-Box is a simple way of introducing schools and community groups with limited space to the beauty and joys of wildflowers and biodiversity. Meadow-in-a-Box [...]
How does pollution affect pollinators?
Read this article in Scottish Pollinators (17 October 2024) to find out: Fair is foul, and foul is fair: hover through the fog and filthy air (The Weird Sisters)
Help pollinators this autumn
This post on Scottish pollinators (9 October 2024) describes how you can help pollinators by increasing the availability of safe places for them to overwinter.
