Calls for a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides have been strengthened after a new field study, by Penn State and the University of South Florida, reveals that a neonicotinoid pesticide used...
08/12/2014
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On first anniversary of bee-harming pesticides restriction, more action is needed
Monday 1st December is the first anniversary of the two-year EU-wide restrictions on certain neonicotinoid pesticides. While the restriction was an important first step, it is clear that further action...
01/12/2014
Bumblebees face new immigration rules
Natural England, the Government body which enforces wildlife law, has announced that a change in legislation will only allow the release of non-UK bumblebees into glass houses and polytunnels as...
25/11/2014
Buglife welcomes Cairngorms planning decision
Buglife welcomes the Cairngorms National Park Authority’s decision to refuse planning permission for 58 houses in School Wood, Nethy Bridge, which would have threatened the rare wildlife of the Cairngorms....
24/11/2014
Our latest Update shows B-Lines are growing
Our latest B-Lines update has now been published giving you a flavour of some of our current activities around the B-Lines network. In Yorkshire our meadow restoration and creation works...
21/11/2014
Wildflower meadows project helps conserve our bees and butterflies
Over the last two year’s Buglife’s ‘Restoring Ryedale’s Lowland Meadows’, has helped to restore and create approximately 60 acres of wildflower-rich meadows and pastures across the Ryedale landscape. This work...
19/11/2014
Glasgow’s Buzzing!
Buglife and Glasgow City Council have created and enhanced more than 13 hectares of wildflower meadow during the three-year project started in May 2011, and was grant funded by Landfill...
17/11/2014
Napoleon Alive but Critically Endangered on St Helena Island
Many people will know that Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled in 1815 to the tiny island of St Helena, 1,930 km off the west coast of Africa, but few will know...
13/11/2014
National Pollinator Strategy, first rung for bee recovery
In welcoming the National Pollinator Strategy Buglife are delighted that the Government has recognised, and is addressing, the serious threats to pollinating insects, but cautions that the strategy does not...
04/11/2014
Allotments best for bees
Allotments are providing the best habitat for bees while parks and roadsides need improving, warns a leading bee expert following the results of the first-ever Great British Bee Count published...
28/10/2014
