UK Home Garden Diversity Aids Suffering Bee PopulationHeather Callaghan Europe has fiercely felt the bee decline, prompting a pesticide moratorium after initially crumbling to corporate interests. Dr Mick Hanley, Lecturer in Ecology at Plymouth University, said the study showed the continued importance of promoting diversity and encouraging gardeners to cast their net wide when choosing what to cultivate. The study showed that bees simply visited plants in proportion to flower availability. Indeed, of the six most commonly visited garden plants, only one Foxglove was a British native. Dr Hanley added: This is all the more reason to support biodiversity in growing, and support the right to have yard gardens. Let this be a signal to bureaucrats who keep ramming through sustainable development, i.e. Agenda 21 initiatives that have nothing to do with sustainability or development unless youre talking about smart grid urban sprawls. That is, the nonsensical banning of lawn gardens in the name of aesthetics which could further diminish bee populations. Heather Callaghan is a natural health blogger and food freedom activist. You can see her work atNaturalBlaze.com and selfnewsPost.com. Like at Facebook. Recent posts byHeather Callaghan: 