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Bee Part of It!

Bee Part of It - BBC Campaign

The BBC launched this project on Monday 17th May. Here are some links to relevant information:
BBC London - 
news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8668000/8668141.stm
BBC Breathing Places - 
www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/beepartofit/
Facebook - 
http://www.facebook.com/bbcbeepartofit
Flickr -www.flickr.com/groups/bbc_beepartofit/
National Trust - 
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-chl/w-countryside_environment/w-nature/w-nature-bee-part-of-it.htm

Other links of interest:
Bumblebee Conservation Trust - 
www.bumblebeeconservation.org/

PS (Added Sunday 23rd May)


It's another beautiful day and I have a freezer drawer full of home-made chicken stock but I won't be making soup this weekend. Who wants to eat soup on a day like this?



I have been planting some new plants in my back garden, including two new lavenders, which should attract bees.


While on the subject of bees, I was listening to and watching the video for "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel (1986! Was it really twenty-four years ago?) and noticed that he sings about a honey bee:

"Show me round your fruitcage
'cos I will be your honey bee.
Open up your fruitcage
where the fruit is as sweet as can be."  

I wonder what that's about.
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