{"id":3885,"date":"2023-01-05T00:04:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T23:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=3885"},"modified":"2023-01-05T00:09:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T23:09:54","slug":"review-in-pictures-and-numbers-of-urban-bees-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=3885","title":{"rendered":"Review in pictures and numbers of Urban Bees&#8217; 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Rosemarystpauls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Rosemarystpauls.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3890\" 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bee-friendly flowers planted across London including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosemary (<em>Salvia rosemarinus<\/em>) Wallflowers (<em>Erysimum &#8216;Apricot Delight&#8217;<\/em>) &#8211; pictured middle left with a Buff-tailed bumblebee arriving minutes after it had been planted  &#8211;  Lambs&#8217; Ear (<em>Stachys byzantina<\/em>); Salvia &#8216;hot lips&#8217;; Hedge germanda (<em>Teucrium x lucidrys<\/em>); Sedum (<em>Hylotelephium spectabile<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>50<\/strong> bee hotels made in 3 workshops for pupils and community gardening groups<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>30<\/strong> bee hotels maintained<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>15 <\/strong>different species of bees spotted on roof top bee gardens in London including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Early bumblebee (<em>Bombus pratorum<\/em>)<\/li><li>Hairy-footed flower bee (<em>Anthiphora plumipes<\/em>)<\/li><li>Davies&#8217; plasterer bee (<em>Davies&#8217; colletes<\/em>)<\/li><li>Leafcutter bee (<em>Megachile centuncularis<\/em>)<\/li><li>Furrow bee (<em>Lasioglossum<\/em>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10<\/strong> bee talks given \u2013 reaching more than 500 people (in person and online): including<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=CityWire%27s+Impact+Retreat+2022&amp;rlz=1C1ONGR_en-GBGB943GB943&amp;oq=CityWire%27s+Impact+Retreat+2022&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30.973j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:3b2da57d,vid:j8v5qu4NFu4\">CityWire&#8217;s Impact Retreat 2022<\/a> &#8211; where I explained to ESG (Environmental, Social\u00a0and Governance)\u00a0investors why the companies they invest in need to have a pollinator strategy to safeguard bee populations for food security and to mitigate climate change<\/li><li>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/bee-day\/background\">UN World Bee Day<\/a>, I spoke online to more than 100 staff at Bouygues construction company about why bees and biodiversity\u00a0are good for business <\/li><li>More than 150 KPMG staff learned about the nature-positive steps they can take to help bees and other pollinators and why they are so important for our eco-system<\/li><li>Local Hackney residents learned about bees and how to spot them at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChZvDu_oI86\/?hl=en\">Dalston Eastern <\/a>Curve garden<\/li><li>Alison kicked off the Wild World of Bees 2022 Master Academy online class run by Canadian-based ABC Bees (<em>middle right photo<\/em>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7<\/strong> new bee-friendly terraces created at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Take 2 in Fitzrovia (<em>pictured above top right, planting an Amelanchier lamarckii<\/em>)<\/li><li>Price Waterhouse Coopers in the Embankment and More London<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5 <\/strong>articles written: including<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twinfm.com\/article\/beehives-arent-the-answer-in-cities-to-boost-bees-and-biodiversity\">Why beehives aren\u2019t the answer in cities to boost bees and biodiversity<\/a> <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/PDFs\/BBCT.pdf\">Return of the natives<\/a> &#8211; how a project has brought back some of the rarest bee species to the Kent and Sussex coast<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/PDFs\/BQmagazine.pdf\">The importance of hedges for pollinators<\/a><\/li><li>Top trees for bees.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5<\/strong> roof-top bee gardens maintained at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lush London HQ in Soho <em>(bottom right photo<\/em>)<\/li><li>Bread Street and Carter Lane offices managed by Savills in the City <\/li><li>Adam &amp; Eve Advertising agency in Paddington <\/li><li>Amazon office, near the Barbican<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5<\/strong> bee observation boxes installed at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Adam &amp; Eve (<em>painted yellow, with bee hotels, pictured middle bottom row<\/em>)<\/li><li>Weil law firm <\/li><li>Belgrave House, managed by BNP Paris Real Estate <\/li><li>Amazon office<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5<\/strong> mature, large bee-friendly shrubs destroyed by the drought <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rosemary bushes and Salvia &#8216;hot lips&#8217; on Bread Street rooftop in the City (<em>top left photos before and after the summer drought<\/em>, <em>without an irrigation system)<\/em> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p 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