09.07.12: Successful Bee Walk sees Hackney and Tower Hamlets residents Bee-ing active!

As part of our Bee Cause campaign, Hackney and Tower Hamlets Friends of the Earth have held a successful 'bee walk'! Two groups of interested local residents, local groups and the Tower Hamlets Biodiversity Officer - 16 in all - walked two routes from from Tower Hamlets Cemetery to Victoria Park on 8th July. Participants looked at habitats that are both good and bad for bees and everyone went away full of ideas and enthusiasm for helping bees.

Hackney and Tower Hamlets Friends of the Earth are encouraging local residents and organisations to help bees by sowing and planting flowers and shrubs that attract bees; letting flower-rich grass grow long, avoiding the use of chemicals in gardens, and not paving their gardens over; and signing Friends of the Earths' petition for a national bee action plan.

For more information or to get involved, please contact us or find out more from national FOE.

Tower Hamlets residents can help bees by finding a corner of their garden, school, estate or even a window box to plant the free wildflower seeds available from the Council