Urban Beehive co-founder calls for less chemicals, turf
The man who led the popular movement to place beehives around Sydney has called on Canberrans to put flowering plants in their backyard and end the dominance of turf and chemicals. Doug Purdie, co-founder of The Urban Beehive, said native bee populations were the ones that needed protection, and simple actions in suburban backyards could create the corridors for them to thrive and pollinate. “If everyone just planted a couple of things that flowered, it would make a big difference,” he said. Ideally this would mean a garden where there was at least two plants flowering at all times of the year. Mr Purdie visited Canberra …
