Bees – Hastings In Focus

‘No Mow May’ – how doing nothing can help our environment

This May, Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is encouraging residents to help the bees and support local biodiversity by not mowing lawns for No Mow May. Not mowing lawns helps support the survival of bees and other pollinating insects, and allows natural wildflowers to thrive, all of which are an essential part of the ecosystem. Where […]

Back garden bees – in an environmentally conscious world keeping a hive of bees can help the planet survive

Stuart Baillie has been to meet local carpenter Kevin Hitchman to find out about his passion for bees and bee-keeping and about what got him started in the hobby in the first place. I’ve never been that fond of bees, being stung by one as a child is probably what did it! So when Kevin […]