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Subject: Urban dwellers 'should keep bees'
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 4:39 pm
Full report on BBC News Online
People living in urban areas are being encouraged to consider keeping bees in gardens, on roofs or on balconies to help reverse population decline.
Conservation watchdog Natural England wants more homeowners to install hives and grow insect-friendly plants.
Nearly all the UK's 250 species of bee are in decline. Honeybee numbers have fallen by 10-15% in the last two years.
Experts say sustaining bee populations is essential to ensuring the survival of Britain's plants and crops.
Natural England wants to see more UK bee colonies, which would make the insects more resistant to their biggest killers - disease and pests, such as the varroa mite.