Save our bees

You're invited to join a national campaign to save our bees for the National Science and Engineering Week.  If you know any children that would benefit from helping bees please register on their behalf to get a seed pack.  Use the link below to register for the campaign online www.saveourbees.org.uk/index.asp

The following information has been taken from the campaign's website:
 
' "If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man." Albert Einstein

As part of the celebrations of National Science and Engineering Week 2009, we want you to help save our UK Bees by planting bee friendly plants across the country! This will make them healthier, helping them survive infection, changing weather patterns and more.

Billions of the UK's bees are dying from unknown causes. One in three honey bee colonies in the UK were lost last winter alone. The UK's bumblebees are also suffering because there aren't enough wild flowers for them.

All bees need our support. Bees are vitally important for everyone. In all, they are responsible for pollinating one-third of all the foods we eat!

We hope you are enjoying helping our UK bees by planting bee friendly plants in your garden, window garden, patch of unused ground, or flower pot! Billions of the UK’s bees are dying from unknown causes. One in three honey bee colonies in the UK were lost last winter alone.

The UK’s bumblebees are also suffering because there aren’t enough wild flowers for them - so your help is really needed.'