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200613 | To mow or to grow? – how halving the cut will get our town verges buzzing
191024 | New B-Lines to put the buzz back into Cornwall
New B-Lines to put the buzz back into Cornwall
An ambitious new plan for helping our bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other pollinating insects is being launched today by Buglife, the University of Exeter and Cornwall Council.
Cornwall B-Lines will create rivers of wildflowers across the countryside connecting the county’s best wildlife sites from coast to coast, and from our towns to the countryside. read more »
191028 | The Cornish bee has gone from near extinction to helping save the world
140910 | Duchy Supports Project to Save Cornish Black Honey Bees
Duchy Supports Project to Save Cornish Black Honey Bees
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
The Duchy of Cornwall is supporting a project to save the Cornish remnants of the native Black Honey Bee. read more »
Cornish Black Honey Bee (Apis mellifera mellifera or Amm)
Facts about the Cornish Black Bee read more »
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130610 | Rare Cornish black honeybee found to resist colony collapse virus
The Dark Bee Apis mellifera mellifera in the United Kingdom
The Dark Bee Apis mellifera mellifera in the United Kingdom
The article below is based on a lecture given by Philip Denwood to the SICAMM Conference in Landquart, Switzerland, on 1st September 2012 read more »
190521 | Let your garden go wild to help bees and butterflies
Let your garden go wild to help bees and butterflies
I’ve always thought of my garden as rather messy, but actually, it’s pretty environmentally-friendly, with loads of daisies like this, for starters … read more »
Moss Carder Bee (Bombus muscorum)
Moss Carder Bee
Bombus muscorum read more »