Bee population steady in Dutch cities thanks to pollinator strategy
by Anne Pinto-Rodrigues from Environment | The Guardian on (#5H436)
Scheme involving bee hotels' and bee stops' reaps rewards as census shows no strong decline in urban population
Bee hotels, bee stops and a honey highway are some of the techniques the Dutch are crediting with keeping their urban bee population steady in recent years, after a period of worrying decline.
Last week, more than 11,000 people from across the Netherlands participated in a bee-counting exercise as part of the fourth edition of the national bee census.
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