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Bumblebee Conservation Trust is a charity dedicated to securing the future of the UK’s bumblebees .
Press releases
Bumblebees take to empty shops in Derbyshire’s high streets thanks to...
A new exhibition celebrating bumblebees will be bringing a buzz back to empty shops in Derbyshire’s high streets this summer, using innovative... read more
03.06.2021 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Bumblebee Conservation Trust asks people across the UK to Bee the Change
The Bumblebee Conversation Trust is on a mission to help everyone Bee the Change in their local area, with a new campaign launched today (18 March... read more
18.03.2021 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
3D app brings UK bumblebees to life on your phone
A wildlife app launched today by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust gives users a new view of bumblebees through an augmented reality 3D function.... read more
30.06.2020 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
New research competition challenges 11-19 year olds to help save the...
School and college students across the UK are being challenged to generate new scientific discoveries that could be used to help protect the... read more
05.11.2019 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Unique online tool launched to help save bumblebees and other...
With global crashes in insect numbers causing alarm, a unique free online gardening resource to get people growing more flowers for bumblebees and... read more
07.06.2019 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Hunt launched across northwest Scotland to help save one of UK’s rarest...
People taking their holidays in northwest Scotland this summer are being asked to help identify some of the last locations of one of the UK’s... read more
06.06.2019 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Caged flowers could save rare bee in one of its last strongholds
A first-of-its kind project offering hope for one of the UK’s rarest bumblebees has been launched on the Peak District moors near Sheffield this... read more
26.03.2019 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Unique roadshow brings bumblebees’ world into classrooms
A unique mobile interactive experience from conservation charity Bumblebee Conservation Trust is to help secondary school students learn about the... read more
08.10.2018 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Pollinating the Peak project launched with giant-sized Bilberry...
Bumblebee Conservation Trust’s Pollinating the Peak project, which aims to transform the Peak District and Derbyshire into a haven for bumblebees,... read more
08.05.2018 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Funding success offers hope for one of Britain’s rarest bumblebees
Bumblebee Conservation Trust has been awarded £720,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an ambitious initiative to transform the Peak... read more
15.11.2017 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Voting urged to help save Scotland’s Great yellow bumblebee
An ambitious project in the Outer Hebrides to save the Great yellow bumblebee – which some experts believe is the UK’s most endangered bumblebee –... read more
14.11.2017 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Pollinating the Peak project wins £25,000 in national competition
Pollinating the Peak – an initiative to transform the Peak District and Derbyshire into a flagship of action and knowledge for bumblebees and wild... read more
11.01.2017 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Pollinating the Peak in spotlight at Chesterfield Market Festival
Bumblebee Conservation Trust’s Pollinating the Peak team were on hand at Chesterfield’s Market Festival on 28 October to highlight the importance... read more
08.11.2016 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Voting urged to help Pollinating the Peak project win £25,000
An exciting initiative to protect bumblebees and wild pollinators – including the scarce Bilberry bumblebee – across the Peak District and... read more
24.10.2016 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Plans underway for major Peak District and Derbyshire pollination project
Pictured : Pollinating the Peak team at Chatsworth Country Fair (left right: Education Officer Ida Griffiths, Community Development Officer... read more
10.10.2016 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Peak District pollination hotspot bid wins Heritage Lottery Fund support
An initiative by Bumblebee Conservation Trust to transform the Peak District into a pollination hotspot is set to launch after receiving earmarked... read more
10.05.2016 • By Bumblebee Conservation Trust
