Bee a honey and help us grow

A group of Bridport area conservationists are abuzz with enthusiasm for their latest project – helping to encourage the humble bumble.

Chairman Alison Little, Helen Bolter-Griffin, Gareth Flux, Nicole Collins, Jo Cullis, Emma Roberts and Jo Clarke want to win the area awards for bee-friendly practices. They launched Bee Friendly Bridport at the town’s Charter Fair in May, chatting to scores of people about the many ways they can help our little stripy friends. Their first aim is to win accreditation from the Bee Friendly Trust and they have appealed to the town council to help them:

● Plant up roundabouts

● Create a bee friendly school

● Make a bee friendly (bus) station

● Put up homes for wildlife

● Share seeds

● Welcome wildlife at home

● Enjoy a bee friendly pub

● Host a bee themed event The new group was established by the team at The Dorset Bee and the Symondsbury School Bee Club. They are raising awareness of the importance of all pollinators and the risks to them of habitat loss. This includes the actions that individuals, groups and organisations can take to support pollinators, and how these actions can have a positive effect on the natural ecosystems and biodiversity within Bridport and its surrounding area. Alison said: “We can all help pollinators to thrive and we know that a lot of fantastic projects are already underway in this area, such as Symondsbury School Bee Club, Bee Hives at the Community Orchard and the Community Shed seed and plant swaps to name just a few. “The Bee Friendly Trust awards ‘Bee Friendly Town’ status each year to villages,

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