New wildflower havens in South Downs national park boost bee numbers

Bee populations are in steep decline in UK but community funded projects have led to recovery of the ‘vital ecosystem engineers’

Encouraging numbers of bees have been recorded at a handful of locally funded wildflower projects in the South Downs, showing that populations can recover if given support.

For several decades, bee populations in the UK have seen a steep decrease owing to the stress of the climate emergency.

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