{"id":862,"date":"2013-08-24T09:43:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T08:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=862"},"modified":"2018-08-21T10:17:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T09:17:21","slug":"bees-planting-in-blackburn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/blog_1\/?p=862","title":{"rendered":"Bees planting in Blackburn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Blackburn in Lancashire will be out today planting 16,000 bee-friendly plants at 28 sites across the town.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alter48.fr\/-air--90-femme-gris-rose.html\">  90 femme gris rose<\/a> Anyone who turns up at the town hall between 11-3pm will be given a trowel and assigned a &#8216;queen bee&#8217; organiser and a site to get planting. Hives are also being installed on the roof of the town hall.<\/p>\n<p>The initiate to replace traditional bedding plants that bees don&#8217;t like with more bee-friendly varieties across the town was the idea of charity<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gwpl.co.uk\/news-and-events\/news-story.php?news=66\"> Groundwork Pennine Lancashire<\/a> which has been running an amazing three year &#8216;save the bee&#8217; project in the region, called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zs1jlodG63E\">bees in the borough<\/a>. The project  includes breeding more indigenous apis millifera millifera (the black honeybee) .<\/p>\n<p>As well as helping improve bee forage in Blackburn, the bee planting today is intended to bring the community together, instil pride in the town &#8211; volunteers will receive an &#8216;I love Blackburn t-shirt&#8217; &#8211; and to rejuvenate the failing town centre.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xavy.fr\/-flyknit-lunar.html\"> flyknit lunar<\/a> Giant bee sculptures are being designed and placed in strategic locations across the town. Designer, Wayne Hemmingway, who comes from the area, is creating a vintage bee sculpture.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fjallravenkankensale.me.uk\/\"> Backpack <\/a> The idea is for each sculpture to be sponsored and that money will go towards maintaining the bee-friendly plants.<\/p>\n<p>The event has got the backing of Blackburn Town Centre Partnership Board, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council &#8211; which has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackburn.gov.uk\/Pages\/The-Crests-of-Blackburn-and-Darwen.aspx\">three bees in its crest<\/a>  which represent skill, perseverance and industry &#8211; the town centre BID (business improvement district) , The Mall shopping centre and the local Groundwork trust. Flyers and postcards have gone out all over town, in schools, businesses, community centres.<\/p>\n<p>It is yet another great example of how bees are being used as a catalyst to bring communities together and do positive things in their local area.   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xavy.fr\/\"> <\/a> Newcastle, Stroud and Gloucester are some of the other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanbees.co.uk\/shop\/books.htm\">cities that have gone bee-friendly<\/a> .  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xavy.fr\/-air-huarache.html\"><\/a> And hopefully this initiative will help all types of bees in Blackburn.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow today&#8217;s event on Twitter @BigPlantingBee #BBBigBee.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fjallravenkankensale.me.uk\/\">cheap fjallraven kanken Backpack<\/a> And there is a Facebook page blackburnsbigplantingbee<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing the photos.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope they get a good turn out . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Blackburn in Lancashire will be out today planting 16,000 bee-friendly plants at 28 sites across the town. 90 femme gris rose Anyone who turns up at the town hall between 11-3pm will be given a trowel and assigned a &#8216;queen bee&#8217; organiser and a site to get planting. 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