The Bee Cause calls on the Government to show real commitment to reversing bee decline. The urgent priorities include securing a permanent EU ban on bee-harming pesticides known as ‘neonicotinoids’ and delivering a strong National Pollinator Strategy.
Our bees are in crisis
They've lost much of their natural habitat in the past 60 years, including 98 per cent of wildflower meadows. They're also under assault from pesticides, intensive farming and climate change.
The Government must act now
Friends of the Earth has secured Pollinator Strategies for Wales in 2013, and England in 2014. We're also part of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, launched in 2015. Now we need your help to make sure our politicians deliver on their promises, and take a lead in helping our bees thrive.
Create bee-friendly spaces
Together with political action, there’s plenty we can all do to help bees in a practical way.To find out more about what people in your neighbourhood are doing to create habitats for bees and pollinators, zoom in to our Bees Map below.
You too can join the generation that saves our bees.