Rotary gets busy building bee and bug hotels

* Rotary members installing the seeded area and bug hotels.

Vale of Llangollen Rotary and its associated community team have installed the first bee garden and bug houses in the gardens of Tan-y-Garth Hall, a retreat near Lllanollen.

1st Enable Ltd at Chester sponsored the project which is the first installation under the Rotary International programme, Operation Pollination and recognises the importance of a pollinator habitat both restored and maintained on public and private lands. 

Through collaboration and outreach, an interconnected mosaic of these habitats will be interspersed between public and private land with the aim of increasing populations of species throughout the area.

Pollinators play a vital role in flower and plant reproduction: 80% to 90% of all plants depend on them to reproduce.  

A Rotary spokesperson said: "As pollinator advocates, we recognise the need to help reverse the unintended consequences of human activities in urban, suburban, and rural landscapes and help to establish a mosaic of vibrate pollinator habitats throughout the Vale of Llangollen.

"If you have a small area of ground in Llangollen or your village in the area that you think would benefit from a bee garden please get in touch."

The Vale of Llangollen Rotary and Vale of Llangollen Community Team is ready to welcome individuals and couples of 18+ from the local community who want to be people of action.  

They normally meet face-to-face, at Liberty Tavern, 20 Market Street, Llangollen on Monday evenings at 7.30pm.

* For more information contact Mike Lade on 07803 038858, valeofllangollenrotary@gmail.com or see www.valeofllangollenrotary