The other day I found a bee with its wings wet, so it couldn't fly. I offered it some water with sugar and made an umbrella with a pot so it could dry in peace. Seeing it fly away eventually was very nice

#bees #SaveTheBees

@The_Caretaker @ai6yr @teleclimber If I'm remembering correctly, a well-maintained cover doesn't have much room - there's a kind of hoop/ loop inside that you hook with the tool, and it blocks a fair amount (but not enough to keep out bees, maybe) of the opening. What makes this design so difficult is that it's on the ground, so it has to be flat; the material has to be sturdy enough to stand up to foot and wheeled traffic, but light enough to break with a crowbar if needed; and it has to be simple enough to open for utility workers to learn it and for civilians to be able to figure it out. This seems like a really worthy design project. Anyone know a high school science or civics teacher? #scienceProject #civicsProject #utilityCover #saveTheBees

Beautiful tree in my mum's garden, if you put sound on you can hear all the bees buzzing about, pollinating #garden #blossom #photography #savethebees

Help Pollinators Thrive!
One of the easiest ways to take action this week? Create a pollinator-friendly garden!

Plant native flowers
Add a bee hotel
Skip pesticides

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Great news for our pollinators! The UK government has announced plans to reduce pesticide use on arable farms by 10% by 2030 to protect bees and other pollinators. This initiative includes promoting integrated pest management and introducing a pesticide load indicator to monitor progress. While campaigners welcome this move, they urge for similar actions in urban areas and parks.

@goodnews

#GoodNews #SaveTheBees #SustainableFarming #Biodiversity
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/21/use-of-pesticides-on-uk-farms-to-be-cut-by-10-by-2030-to-protect-bees

Peeep!
Bee chillin' in the bamboo of the bug hotel and enjoying the sun. It has been sitting there for awhile and looked like it had even noticed the attention

It's day two of DevOps Live, London!

I'm talking about metrics at 12:45 in the DevOps Live Keynote theatre. You can find me at the Octopus Deploy booth for a chat throughout the day.

It's day one of DevOps Live, London!

I'm talking about shifting culture at 15:45 in the DevOps Live Keynote theatre. Or come and chat at the Octopus Deploy booth!

Bee-licious blue salvia. #SaveTheBees #Gardening #Nature #pollinators

Spring is coming! Gourd with quill work honeybee on Birchpark. Carved and died with wood-burning. I love this one and wish I had kept it #Gourd #Art #SaveTheBees #Nature.

Supermarkets Ranked on Pesticides

Pesticides Action Network (PAN) has ranked the UK’s ten biggest supermarkets on their efforts to protect consumers, farmworkers, and wildlife from pesticides. 

While some supermarkets are doing much better than others, all ten could be doing more to tackle pesticide harms.

This is particularly true when it comes to protecting bees and other pollinators from pesticides since all of the UK’s ten largest supermarkets continue to use neonicotinoids and other highly bee-toxic pesticides in their global supply chains.

PAN classified the supermarkets into four categories:

• Leading the way: M&S and Waitrose
• Making good progress: Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s
• Could do better: ASDA, Lidl and Tesco
• Lagging behind: Aldi and Iceland 

This article originally appeared in Ethical Consumer Magazine 212.

[Via Ethical Revolution]