Professor Michael Mainelli’s PLT Launch Talk
Professor Michael Mainelli’s PLT Official Launch Talk Lady Mayoress, Masters, Aldermen, Ladies & Gentlemen: As a teenager, I worked in a family bee business with some 300 hives at one point. I was delighted as I rode by Drapers’ Hall yesterday, on my Ride Round The Range with seven of the HAC Light Cavalry and […]
PLT Audits Inspiring Change in City Gardens
Did you know that almost 90% of wild plants and 75% of leading global crops depend on animal pollination? Pollinators are, therefore, essential to our survival. These pollinators include the bumble, honey, and solitary bee species, which bring about pollination by transferring pollen from the flower’s anthers to the stigmas, and this way setting fruits […]
PLT Official Launch
Pollinating London Together Official Launch Thursday 16 September 2021 By the kind permission of The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor, Alderman William Russell and the Lady Mayoress, Hilary Russell, we are delighted to announce that our official launch took place at the Mansion House on Thursday 16 September 2021 at 4.30pm. Our initial intention was […]
PRESS RELEASE: London Liveries join to boost pollinators in the City of London
Pollinating London Together (PLT) Official Mansion House Launch Event. Thursday 16 September. Photo L-R: John Burton, PLT Chairman; Lady Mayoress Hilary Russell; Dr Heather Barrett-Mold OBE, PLT Vice Chair; Anthony Bickmore, PLT Board. Photo by Andrew Cleminson. Pollinating London Together (PLT) is a pan Livery initiative supported by Environment Minister Rebecca Pow and Deputy […]
Honeybees are Voracious -Putting Other Pollinators at Risk
Interesting article in the Guardian 24 July 2021… Featured image above by Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons There is a very interesting article about the problems with honeybees taking over the space for other pollinators and how there are too many hives being introduced into London. This is a topic often […]
PRESS RELEASE: PLT Intends to Re-Green the City of London
IN TIME TO CELEBRATE WORLD BEE DAY ON MAY 20TH POLLINATING LONDON TOGETHER INTENDS TO RE-GREEN THE CITY OF LONDON Top picture: L-R John Burton, Chairman of Pollinating London Together. Sue Green, Master Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers; Anthony Bickmore, Upper Warden, Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers; Heather Barrett-Mold OBE; Master Worshipful Company of Gardeners; […]
BBKA 2021 Spring Convention
We are delighted to take part in the BBKA 2021 Spring Convention (15-18 April 2021). Attendees will have the opportunity to see lectures from experts about bees and beekeeping and to learn from them. The event kicks off with a Keynote Address on the evening of Thursday 15 April followed by a packed programme on Friday, […]
PLT Livery Lunch 2020
Thursday 6th August 2020 was a big day for me for a couple of reasons; I’d not left my flat in 21 weeks so it was my first interaction with humans other than delivery drivers, and it was also the date of my first visit to a Livery garden.There are 110 Livery companies, not all […]